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Psychiatric emergency
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Abnormal behavior threatens an individual's health and safety or the health and safety of another.
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37.4
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delusions
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false beliefs
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37.4
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hallucinations
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False preceptions
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37.4
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Psych behavior is usually worsen by...
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fear or paranoia.
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37.4
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Organic brain syndrome
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Pt's with acute psychiatric symptoms who are suffering from physical illness or under the influence of a substance that interferes with normal cerebral function.
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37.4
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Delirium
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An acute confessional state characterized by global impairment of thinking, perception, judgment, and memory.
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37.4
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dementia
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A more chronic condition than delirium of a severe deficits in memory, abstract thinking, and judgment.
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37.4
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inattention
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With pts it means difficult to gain their attention
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37.5
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confusion
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Impaired understanding of their surrounding.
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37.5
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Restlessness with extreme anxiety is called __________.
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agitation
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37.6
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Sterotyped activity
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A repetitive movement that don't seem to serve any useful purpose ie pt repeatily touching their elbow, nose, or forehead.
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37.6
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Compulsions
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Repetitive actions that are carried out to relieve the anxiety of obsessive thoughts.
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37.6
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