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