Posted by siva on September 20, 2001 at 18:13:49:
MGT OF ACUTE PSYCHOSES
(hospital hostel,family therapy,supportive counselling,rehabilitation,education,oral antipsychotic,risk management strategy,detention under mental health act,ECT,pschiatric general wards)
86.A schzizophrenic who stabbed his mother’s hand with a screw driver was recently admitted and treated with depot injection antipsychotic.He is now symptom-free and ready for discharge (oral antipsycotic)
87.Pt(schizo) has had about 8 admissions in the last 5 years.He is uncompliant with drugs….(??counselling)
88.Young patient now 25 yrs was diagnosed with schizo.at 15,but despite different medications has not recovered fully.The family is very supportive.(????)
89.Pt ? yr old is admitted depressed and has not been eating /drinking for many days.Has lost weight.(????)
90.Pt with features of paranoid schizo.(??)
91.??Another qn.was related to a patient who took 5 tabs of diazepam,wants to die???