Psychosocial Disorders
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Topic: Psychosocial Disorders
You will be assigned one or more topics from the list below. For your assigned topic(s), you are to discuss the incidence and prevalence of the disorder, pathophysiology from an advanced practice perspective, physical assessment and examination, evidence-based treatment plan and patient education, as well as follow up and evaluation to assess the efficacy and outcomes of the evidence-based treatment plan for management of an episodic, acute, and chronic case involving the pathology(s) you are sharing. You will share your information on the topic(s) you are assigned in the Unit 9 Discussion as your discussion entry. The entry should be posted in the Discussion space; do not post the Discussion as an attachment.
Psychosocial
- Anxiety
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Substance abuse, dependence, and addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Panic disorder
- Adult onset attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Restless legs syndrome
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Migraine headaches
- Tension headaches
- Cluster headaches
- Meningitis
- Bell’s palsy
Textbook Readings
Ferri’s Clinical Advisor
- Please read the following sections: Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), headaches, migraine headaches, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, restless leg syndrome, anorexia, bulimia, meningitis, Bell’s palsy
Journal Readings
Barr, G., Houston-Miller, N., Hasan, I., Makinson, G. (2013, June). Nurse practitioners, wake up and smell the smoke. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 25, 362–367.
Kruger, J., O’Halloran, A., Rosenthal, A. (2015). Assessment of compliance with US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline for tobacco by primary care physicians. Harm Reduction Journal, 12, 1–7.
Answer previewPost-traumatic stress disorder is a psychosocial disorder that affects mostly those people that have been through a lot of shocking or scary stuff that took a lot of time to leave their mind (Ferri, 2018). The incidence and prevalence of the disorder take place to individuals who have gone through occurrences like accidents, fires and for ladies, it is either due to physical or sexual assaults…
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