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DSM-IV-TR diagnosis schizophrenia as
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paranoid catatonic, disprganized,
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Comorbidity
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Substance abuse, anxiety, depression, suicide, polydipsia, and physical health or illness
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Etiology of schizophrenia
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Biological (genetics)
Neurobiological Brain Structure abnormalities |
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Positive Symptoms
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Alterations in speech
Alterations in thinking (delusions, false beliefs, inability to think abstractly) Alterations in perception (Depersonalization, Hallucinations, boundary impairment) Alterations in behavior (catatonia, motor retardation, impaired impulses, negativism) |
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Negative Symptoms
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Affect (flat, blunted, inappropriate, bizarre)
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Cognitive symptoms
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Difficulty with (attention, memory, information)
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Affective symptoms
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assess for depression
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Assessment guidelines for schizophrenia
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Medical problems
Abuse of drugs or alcohol Risk to self or others command hallucinations belief system suicide risk ability to ensure self-safety co occuring disorders medications presense and severity of positive and negative symptoms patients insight into illness Familys knowledge of patients illness and symptoms |
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potential Nursing DX
Possitive Symptoms |
Disturbed sensory perception
Risk for self directed or other directed violence disturbed thought process |
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Potential Nursing Diagnoses
Negative Symptoms |
Social isolation
chronic low self-esteem |
