Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans and Psychotropic Medications

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  1. d. Cluster C a. b. desires; lack of empathy; response to criticism or failure tion to oneself, overreaction to minor events, constantly seeking approval from others, egocentricity, vain and de-manding behavior, extreme concern with physical appear-ance, and inappropriately sexually seductive appearance or behavior.Dependent Personality Disorder. Narcissistic Personality Disorder. may be a complication of this disorder.acterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance; pre-occupation with fantasies of success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love; a constant need for admiration and attention; exploitation of others for fulfitance. Depression and anxiety are common. Social phobia social withdrawal despite a desire for affection and accep-with indifference or humiliation and rage; and preoccupa-tion with feelings of envy.disorder passively allow others to assume responsibility behavior” (APA, 2000, p. 711). Symptoms include exagger-ated expression of emotions, incessant drawing of atten-Avoidant Personality Disorder. guarantees of uncritical acceptance; low self-esteem; and terized by social withdrawal brought about by extreme sensitivity to rejection. Symptoms include unwillingness to enter into relationships unless given unusually strong Personality Disorders This disorder is charac-This disorder is char-Individuals with this llment of own ●^277
    2506_Ch16_275-309.indd 0277 2506 Ch 16 275 - 309 .indd 0277 d. c. these individuals as stilted or “stiff.” Other symptoms in-clude difficonstant reassurance and approval from others.others submit to his or her way of doing things, exces-sive devotion to work and productivity to the exclusion of pleasure, indecisiveness, perfectionism, preoccupation with details, depressed mood, and being judgmental of tion independently. They lack self-confiself and others.for major areas of life because of their inability to func-Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. of this disorder is a passive resistance to demands for ad-equate performance in both occupational and social func-tioning (APA, 2000). Symptoms include obstructionism, to make decisions, perceive themselves as helpless and stu-order is characterized by a pervasive pattern of perfec-tionism and inflpid, possess fear of being alone or abandoned, and seek a formal and serious quality, and others often perceive culty expressing tender feelings, insistence that exibility. Interpersonal relationships have dence, are unable Characteristic This dis- 1 10/1/10 9:36:55 AM 0 / 1 / 10 9 : 36 : 55 AM

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