Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 8e
Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 8e
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323358286
Author: Linda Lane Lilley PhD RN, Shelly Rainforth Collins PharmD, Julie S. Snyder MSN RN-BC
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Chapter 16, Problem 1O
Summary Introduction

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Various mental illnesses.

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The consciousness makes oneself aware of the environment and able to conclude whether to respond to the factors or not. The activity of the brain to be responsive for an action is called consciousness. The mental illness is an activity of the brain that abnormally changes the mood, thinking, emotion, and behavior.

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The most common types of mental illness are anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and depression.

Anxiety: Anxiety is considered as worrying about the future and fear of events. The people suffering from anxiety will have a panic attack, increased heart rate, and sweating.

Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that happens at late 50 years of age. The people lack the consciousness of reality and have a delusion of hearing voices.

Bipolar disorder: Bipolar disorder is a type of mental illness where the mood of the patient changes from maniac to depressed state or otherwise; it also refers to a condition where a person has two personalities.

Depression: Depression is a type of mental illness where a person keeps thinking of the past trauma and goes into a depressive state. The person tends to be suicidal and isolates themselves from the society.

Conclusion

The person with mental illness will be antisocial, isolated, and sometimes aggressive in behavior.

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