- Diagnose the patient's mental illness.
- Provide a snapshot of the patient's current mental state.
- Predict the patient's future behavior.
- Determine the patient's intelligence quotient.
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- Encouraging participation in stimulating group activities.
- Providing a quiet, structured, and consistent environment.
- Allowing freedom to interact with all patients and visitors.
- Removing all rules and expectations to minimize frustration.
- "Who is 'they'?"
- "I understand you believe your food is poisoned, but I assure you it is safe."
- "Don't be silly, no one is trying to poison you."
- "Let's ask the doctor about this."
- Directly confront the patient about their lack of insight.
- Provide education about the illness in a non-judgmental and supportive manner.
- Avoid discussing the illness to prevent frustration.
- Encourage the patient's family to convince them.
- Tardive dyskinesia.
- Acute dystonia.
- Akathisia.
- Pseudoparkinsonism.
- Engaging in logical thought.
- Performing activities of daily living (ADLs).
- Expressing delusions.
- Maintaining social relationships.
- Thought process.
- Thought content.
- Perception.
- Mood.
- The presence of crying.
- The duration and pervasive functional impairment.
- The lack of appetite.
- The expression of anger.
- Any patient expresses anger.
- A patient threatens to harm themselves.
- A patient threatens to harm a specifically identified third party.
- A patient refuses medication.
- Gain attention from staff.
- Avoid anxiety and distress.
- Maintain cleanliness.
- Punish themselves for past mistakes.
- Achieving long-term sobriety immediately.
- Managing withdrawal symptoms and ensuring safety.
- Initiating family therapy for co-dependency.
- Obtaining a full psychosocial history.
- Detailed nutritional assessment.
- Current medication list, especially cardiac and anticonvulsant drugs.
- Long-term memory recall.
- Patient's understanding of the exact mechanism of ECT.
- Protect the nurse from patient manipulation.
- Maintain a therapeutic distance and focus on patient needs.
- Limit the patient's access to the nurse.
- Prevent emotional involvement with the patient.
- Hypertension.
- Weight gain.
- Agranulocytosis.
- Constipation.
- "Are you feeling trapped?"
- "What makes you feel like you're in a cage?"
- "It sounds like you're feeling confined and restricted."
- "You're not really in a cage."
- Fill the silence with their own thoughts and feelings.
- Feel ignored and frustrated.
- Recognize the nurse's lack of interest.
- Be forced to answer questions quickly.
- Serum lithium level of 0.8 mEq/L.
- Serum sodium level of 140 mEq/L.
- Serum lithium level of 1.6 mEq/L.
- Serum potassium level of 4.0 mEq/L.
- Provide constant praise regardless of effort.
- Encourage participation in group therapy without preparation.
- Help the patient identify and achieve small, realistic goals.
- Focus on past failures to motivate change.
