Chapter 21 Electroconvulsive Therapy exam with 100% correct answers 2024
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Chapter 21 Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Chapter 21 Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy correct answers - the induction of gran map (generalized) seizure through the application of electrical current to the brain
Billateral placement correct answers - greater efficacy
Lateral placement correct answers - less confusion and acute amnesia
- but has to...
Chapter 21 Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy correct answers - the induction of gran map (generalized)
seizure through the application of electrical current to the brain
Lateral placement correct answers - less confusion and acute amnesia
- but has to use higher stimulus dose or greater number of treatments
Indications for Electroconvulsion therapy correct answers - Major depression
- Mania
-Schizophrenia
- Neuroses
- OCD
-Personality disorder
Major depression correct answers - effective in depressed clients who are also
experiencing psychotic symptoms and those with psychomotor retardation, sleep
disturbances
Mania correct answers - effective in treatment of manic clients who do not tolerate or
fail to respond on lithium or other drug treatment, or when life is threatened by
dangerous behavior or exhaustion
Schizophrenia correct answers - can induce a remission is some clients with acute
schizophrenia, particularly if it is accompanied by catatonic or affective symptomology
Contraindications correct answers - INCREASED CRANIAL PRESSURE (only absolute
contraindication)
- Myocardial infarction
- CVA or stroke within 3 to 6 months
- aortic or cerebral aneurysm
- severe underlying hypertension
- and CHF
Side Effects correct answers - Most common is TEMPORARY MEMORY LOSS AND
CONFUSION
Risks correct answers -Mortality
a. major cause of death is from cardiovascular complications
-Permanent memory loss
a. retrograde amnesia extending back to months before treatment
- Brain Damage
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