NRSG 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Panic Attack
29 Oct 2018
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Nursing process: assessment, understanding each anxiety disorder, tools of assessment, planning. Intervention: techniques of therapy: evaluation of outcomes of treatment, comfort and functional level of patient. Mental health continuum: mild, moderate, anxiety disorders, severe, psychosis (table 14 1 varcarolis pg 229 ) Generalized anxiety disorder: physiological - overall stress reaction, psychological persistent feelings of anxiety and worry, patients are often seen in primary care practice. Panic disorder: panic attack (hallmark symptom, recurrent panic attacks, physiological symptoms, psychological / emotional. This person feels they cannot enter public places like a grocery store. Phobias: social phobia fear of social situations; fear of experiencing embarrassment, persistent. Irrational: embarrassment or humiliation in social situations. Intense fear or anxiety when in or anticipating the presence of the stimulus: the person either avoids the situation or tolerates it with great discomfort (aversion) Nimh (2005: the most common fears are fears of snakes, rats, insects, water, darkness, heights, lightning and close spaces.
