NURS 3524 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tachycardia, Dextroamphetamine, Taste
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Hh/nurs 3524: health & healing: client centred care of individuals and. Course director: dora antwi rn bscn mscn. Discuss issues and treatment options of bipolar affective disorder, anxiety disorders and dementia. Discuss the current issues and treatment options for children"s mental health. Manipulative, and controlling if the relationship is unsatisfactory to them. No need for sleep, increase in nocturnal activity. Spending sprees (not to cheer oneself up) Denial that anything is wrong ( i feel grrrreat! ) Mood disorder fluctuated between expansive, elevated mood state and depression. Bipolar i :cycles of acute mania with or without depression. Bipolar ii: cycles of hypomania with major depression. Rapid-cycling at least 4+ episodes per year of depression or mania/hypomania. First symptoms can develop during childhood (often misdiagnosed) or even late in life. Often symptoms not recognized ( just a wild guy/gal ), and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated.
