The aim of the study is to determine the psychological well-being of patients who underwent stem cell transplantation. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 100 patients. Data were collected face-to-face using an introductory information form and the Brief Symptom Inventory.When the results of the patients were examined, the interpersonal sensitivity of the sub-dimensions of the scale was found to be 5.0 ± 4.06, depression 7.60 ± 5.37, and anxiety disorder 7.90 ± 5.34. There was a significant difference between the diagnosistime of the patients and all sub-factors of the scale, except phobic anxiety. It was found that the psychological state of the patients was directly related to the time of first diagnosis. As a result, the importance of following the psychological processof the patients during the treatment process was revealed when planning nursing care.
Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Patients/psychology , Stem Cell Transplantation/nursing , Emotional Adjustment/ethics , Nursing Care/ethics , Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis , Anxiety Disorders/nursing , Anxiety Disorders/rehabilitation , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/therapy , Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis , Psychotic Disorders/nursing , Psychotic Disorders/therapy , Somatoform Disorders/diagnosis , Somatoform Disorders/nursing , Somatoform Disorders/therapy , Bone Marrow , Demography/statistics & numerical data , Cross-Sectional Studies , Depression/diagnosis , Depression/nursing , Hostility , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/diagnosis , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/nursing , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/therapy
Prisoners, on remand or convicted, can be placed for a variable amount of time in a unit for difficult patients if their pathological mental state so requires. For the most part, their therapeutic care does not depend on their status as prisoner. The treatments provided are those indicated for their psychological pathologies and their potential or known dangerousness. However, some administrative measures make a distinction between their treatment and that of non-prisoner patients placed in these secure psychiatric units.
Antisocial Personality Disorder/nursing , Antisocial Personality Disorder/psychology , Commitment of Mentally Ill/legislation & jurisprudence , Dangerous Behavior , Mental Disorders/nursing , Mental Disorders/psychology , Prisoners/legislation & jurisprudence , Prisoners/psychology , Prisons/legislation & jurisprudence , Cooperative Behavior , Expert Testimony/legislation & jurisprudence , Female , France , Humans , Interdisciplinary Communication , Male , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Patient Advocacy/legislation & jurisprudence , Psychiatric Nursing/legislation & jurisprudence , Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis , Psychotic Disorders/nursing , Psychotic Disorders/psychology , Schizophrenia/diagnosis , Schizophrenia/nursing , Schizophrenic Psychology , Security Measures/legislation & jurisprudence
The major mental disorders which are most likely to lead to dangerous acting out are adult psychoses (schizophrenia and paranoia) and severe mood disorders (major depressive episodes and mania). Good knowledge of the symptomatology of these pathologies and their identification can help to anticipate and prevent much of the violence which people with these disorders may inflict on others or themselves. After mental assessment, those who commit wrongful and criminal acts may be ruled to be criminally irresponsible. They are then handed over to the relevant health care authorities for treatment for their mental disorders.
Acting Out , Dangerous Behavior , Mental Disorders/nursing , Mental Disorders/psychology , Bipolar Disorder/nursing , Bipolar Disorder/psychology , Comorbidity , Depressive Disorder, Major/nursing , Depressive Disorder, Major/psychology , Humans , Insanity Defense , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Risk Factors , Schizophrenia/nursing , Schizophrenic Psychology , Suicide/psychology , Violence/prevention & control , Violence/psychology , Suicide Prevention
Psychoactive bath salts are a relatively new group of designer drugs sold as tablets, capsules, or powder and pur-chased in places such as tobacco and convenience stores, gas stations, head shops, and the Internet. Bath salts are stimulant agents that mimic cocaine,lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, or methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy). The most common bath salts are the cathinone derivatives 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone(MDPV), 4-methylmethcathinone(mephedrone), and 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone (methylone). The drugs cause intense stimulation, eu-phoria, elevated mood, and a pleasurable "rush" Tachycardia, hypertension,peripheral constriction, chest pain, hallucinations, paranoia, erratic behavior,inattention, lack of memory of substance use, and psychosis have been observed in those who have used bath salts. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently exercised an emergency authority to name three key ingredients in bath salts as Schedule I, thereby making them illegal to possess or sell in the United States. Nursing implications related to both clinical and educational settings are discussed.
Central Nervous System Stimulants , Designer Drugs , Illicit Drugs , Substance-Related Disorders/nursing , Benzodioxoles/toxicity , Central Nervous System Stimulants/toxicity , Cross-Sectional Studies , Designer Drugs/toxicity , Drug and Narcotic Control/legislation & jurisprudence , Female , Humans , Illicit Drugs/toxicity , Male , Methamphetamine/analogs & derivatives , Methamphetamine/toxicity , Middle Aged , Paranoid Disorders/chemically induced , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Psychoses, Substance-Induced/nursing , Pyrrolidines/toxicity , Substance Abuse Detection/nursing , Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology , Synthetic Cathinone
Paranoia is a mental pathology which severely complicates interpersonal relationships. Its mechanisms and its delusional themes often mean that paranoid subjects have strained, or even violent relations inside and/or outside their family. These difficuIt relationships can sometimes even lead to serious assaults without causing death or more rarely result in homicides with frequent pre-incident indicators.
Delusions/nursing , Delusions/psychology , Family Relations , Homicide/psychology , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Social Environment , Adult , Dangerous Behavior , Delusions/diagnosis , Female , Homicide/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Insanity Defense , Jealousy , Male , Motivation , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Personality Disorder/diagnosis , Paranoid Personality Disorder/nursing , Paranoid Personality Disorder/psychology , Risk Factors , Suicide/legislation & jurisprudence , Suicide/psychology , Suicide, Attempted/legislation & jurisprudence , Suicide, Attempted/psychology , Violence/psychology , Wounds, Gunshot/nursing , Wounds, Gunshot/psychology
The idea of paranoia has existed since Antiquity, but it was only in the 19th centurythat psychiatrists became interested in it and sought to describe it. Delusion and the feeling of persecution are common in all paranoiacs. The origins of the disease can be found in the patient's psychic structure. Establishing and maintaining contact with a caregiver is one way of helping the patient.
Delusions/nursing , Delusions/psychology , Nurse-Patient Relations , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Delusions/classification , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Freudian Theory , Humans , Neurocognitive Disorders/nursing , Neurocognitive Disorders/psychology , Nursing Diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/classification , Psychoanalytic Theory , Schizophrenia, Paranoid/classification , Schizophrenia, Paranoid/nursing , Schizophrenia, Paranoid/psychology
When patients "transform" themselves into vigilantes, they respond only to their own law and logic. In two examples taken from fiction, "vigilante" characters have experienced an initial trauma.What is the situation in daily clinical practice and how can we open the treatment door for patients suffering from paranoia?
Literature, Modern , Logic , Medicine in Literature , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Adult , Dangerous Behavior , Delusions/nursing , Delusions/psychology , Delusions/therapy , Expert Testimony/legislation & jurisprudence , Homicide/legislation & jurisprudence , Homicide/psychology , Humans , Life Change Events , Male , Middle Aged , Paranoid Disorders/therapy , Rationalization , Reality Testing
Erotomania is a dangerous pathology which is based up on the three stages of hope, pique and rancour. In the relationship, it implies the personal commitment of the therapist who must proceed with great care. Reducing, or eliminating this dangerousness is one aim but must not constitute the only goal.
Anger , Dangerous Behavior , Delusions/nursing , Interpersonal Relations , Love , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Self Concept , Aged , Delusions/diagnosis , Delusions/psychology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nurse-Patient Relations , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Patient Readmission , Psychotherapy , Schizophrenia, Paranoid/diagnosis , Schizophrenia, Paranoid/nursing , Schizophrenia, Paranoid/psychology , Suicide, Attempted/psychology
Sensitive paranoia, classified by Ernst Kretschmer, is a combination of a paranoid disorder with solitude and mental distress. Sensitive paranoiacs, often depressive and anxious, perceive themselves as being excluded from society while at the same time cultivating a resentment towards it. They also constantly put themselves down. Group therapy can help these patients to find appeasement in their social life.
Anxiety Disorders/nursing , Anxiety Disorders/psychology , Depressive Disorder/nursing , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Social Isolation , Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis , Depressive Disorder/diagnosis , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Narcissism , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Psychotherapy, Group , Self Concept , Social Perception
Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Amphetamine-Related Disorders/complications , Amphetamine-Related Disorders/diagnosis , Amphetamine-Related Disorders/nursing , Amphetamine-Related Disorders/physiopathology , Amphetamine-Related Disorders/psychology , Arousal/drug effects , Arousal/physiology , Brain/drug effects , Brain/physiopathology , Cues , Culture , Dopamine/physiology , Humans , Methamphetamine/toxicity , Paranoid Disorders/chemically induced , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/physiopathology , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Psychotropic Drugs/therapeutic use , Psychotropic Drugs/toxicity , Schizophrenia/chemically induced , Schizophrenia/diagnosis , Schizophrenia/nursing , Schizophrenia/physiopathology , Social Change , Social Conditions , Social Environment , Thinking/drug effects , Thinking/physiology
Many use the term paranoia in everyday language without understanding the condition. For most people who experience paranoia it does not affect their daily activities. However, it can be part of a personality disorder and can affect an individual's quality of life if not diagnosed and treated appropriately. It is important for nurses to have some understanding of the condition and how to help these individuals maintain a good quality of life.
Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Alcoholism/complications , Education, Continuing , Humans , Nursing Assessment , Paranoid Disorders/etiology , Personality Disorders/complications , Substance-Related Disorders/complications
Delusions/nursing , Psychotic Disorders/nursing , Delusions/diagnosis , Delusions/psychology , Home Care Services , Humans , Nursing Diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology , Psychiatric Nursing , Psychoanalytic Therapy , Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis , Psychotic Disorders/psychology , Reality Testing , Social Change , Social Perception , Switzerland
Alzheimer Disease/nursing , Mental Disorders/nursing , Nurse-Patient Relations , Alzheimer Disease/diagnosis , Alzheimer Disease/psychology , Caregivers/psychology , Depressive Disorder/diagnosis , Depressive Disorder/nursing , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Humans , Mental Disorders/diagnosis , Mental Disorders/psychology , Nursing Diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis , Paranoid Disorders/nursing , Paranoid Disorders/psychology
