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CAUSES:
> Psychiatric - functional
General medical - organic
Psychoactive drug use
PSYCHOSIS: SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS
Main :
Delusions
Hallucination
Illusions
Changed feelings
Changed Behavior
Problems in thinking
DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
MRI
Test for Syphilis
Drug Screens
TYPES OF PSYCHOSIS
1. Brief Psychotic Disorder
2. Organic Disorder
3. Substance Induced
4. Bipolar Disorder
5. Major Depressive episode with
psychotic feature without mania
6. Schizophrenia
7. Schizophreniform disorder
8. Schizoaffective disorder
9. Postpartum psychosis
TYPES OF PSYCHOSIS
10. Prison psychosis
11. Senile psychosis
12. Toxic psychosis
13. Unipolar psychosis
PROGNOSIS:
It varies with specific disorders
COMPLICATION:
> Inability to care of oneself
NURSING DIAGNOSIS
1.Altered thought process
2. Sensory perceptual alterations: visual/
auditory/kinesthetic/gustatory/tactile/olfact
ory
3. Self care deficit
4. Altered role performance
5. Personal identity performance
6. Potential for violence:
- Self – directed
- directed to others
NEUROSIS
A term generally used to describe a
nonpsychotic mental illness which triggers
feelings of distress and anxiety and impairs
functioning.
Describes internal process ( unconscious
conflict) that triggers anxiety characteristics.
Has firm grip with reality.
CAUSES:
Emotional Stress
Hysterical stress
Drug interaction
NEUROSIS: SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS
Main:
Disturbances in :
- Emotional
-Occupational
-Social Life
NEUROSIS: TYPES
1. Anxiety
2. Depression
3. Obsessive-compulsive
4. Post-traumatic stress disorder
5. Dissociative disorder
6. Somatization
7. Hypochondriac
8. Prison neurosis
9. Transference neurosis
10. War neurosis
Prognosis:
Good prognosis
Treatment:
Medications
Counselling
Psychotherapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Complication:
> May lead to psychosis
Nursing Diagnosis:
Anxiety
Fear
Hopelessness
Self-esteem : Situational
Low
Post traumatic response
Impaired adjustment