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Existing with or at the same time
Having two illnesses at the same time like Substance Abuse and Depression |
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Not recommended or safe to use (a medication or treatment that is contradicted would not be prescribed because it could have serious consequences)
Ex. Massage Therapy for a sore area of the body, but there is an active fracture in the area |
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False, fixed belief despite evidence to the contrary (believing something that is not sure)
Ex. Monica is delusional that she has an active restraining order against Perri despite Perri having documentation that there is no active order |
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Confusion with regard to person, place, time
Ex. Patient in hospital thinking that World War II is going on |
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Distrurbance or change in the usually integrative functions of memory, identity, perception, or consciousness (often seen in clients with history of trauma)
Avoidance coping strategy
Sometimes people are not even aware it is happening
Ex. Child not remembering anything before age 7 |
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| Depression caused by biochemical imbalance rather than a psychosocial stressor or external factor |
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Depression caused by external events or psychosocial stressors
Exo Depression -> External cause |
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Shared delusion
Ex. Mother-Daughter believing that there is a man in a city that is their "husband/father" when he doesn't exists
**possible trauma side effect of divorce** |
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hearing, seeing, smelling, to grilling something that is not real (auditory most common)
Example is Schizophrenia patient symptoms |
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| Subsequent to the onset of an illness |
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| Prior to the onset of an illness |
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| Experiencing delusions or hallucinations |
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