Caregiver support and education — Flashcards

Caregiver support and education — Flashcards

Caregiver support and education — Flashcards
#1

Long-term infant deprivation of affection may result in _____ disorder (infant withdrawn/unresponsive to comfort)

#2

_____ is a factitious disorder characterized by illness in a child or elderly patient that is caused or fabricated by the caregiver

#3

_____ is characterized by the patient projecting feelings about formative or other important persons onto the physician

#4

_____ disorders are characterized by an inappropriate experience of fear/worry and physical manifestations incongruent with the magnitude of the perceived stressor

#5

Which psychiatric disorder, delirium or dementia, is characterized by disorganized thinking, visual hallucinations, disturbances in sleep wake cycle, cognitive dysfunction, and agitation? _____

#6

Vascular dementia is characterized by a step-wise decline in cognitive ability with _____-onset memory impairment

#7

Which psychiatric disorder, delirium or dementia, is characterized by decreased intellectual function without affecting level of consciousness? _____

#8

_____ (dementia or delirium) is usually secondary to other illness (e.g. CNS disease, infection, trauma, substance abuse/withdrawal, metabolic disturbances, hemorrhage, urinary/fecal retention)

#9

_____ is defined as decreased cognitive ability, memory, or function with intact consciousness

#10

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