disorder:^58 3. The individual is prone to confabulation. That is, the in- 2. There is an inability to recall events from the recent past and 1. Disorientation to place and time may occur with profound The following symptoms have been identifiSymptomatology 2. 4. Apathy, lack of initiative, and emotional blandness are^ and drug overdose.Substance-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disordergaps.type of amnestic disorder is related to the persisting effects of substances such as alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolyt-ics, other medications, and environmental toxins. The term “persisting” is used to indicate that the symptoms persist long after the effects of substance intoxication or substance withdrawal have subsided.Transient amnestic syndromes can also occur from epi-dividual may create imaginary events to fibrain (APA, 2000; Bourgeois, Seaman, & Servis, 2008). leptic seizures, electroconvulsive therapy, severe migraine, sulin dependent diabetes, and surgical intervention to the anoxia, herpes simplex encephalitis, poorly controlled in-amnesia.are often more easily recalled than recently occurring ones.)events from the remote past. (Events from the very remote past ●^ ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION(Subjective and Objective Data) ed with amnestic ll in the memory. This
injury (e.g., wound, burn, fracture).●(Interventions are applicable to various health-care settings, such as inpatient and partial hospitalization, community outpatient clinic, home health, and private practice.) and Amnestic DisordersInterventions for Delirium, Dementia, Common Nursing Diagnoses and DefiRelated/Risk Factors (“related to”) [Chronic alteration in structure or function of brain tissue,^ secondary to the aging process, multiple infarcts, HIV dis-ease, head trauma, chronic substance abuse, or progressively common.RISK FOR TRAUMA nition: [The client has] accentuated risk of accidental tissue
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