How should we care for acute mental disorders?

The pathogenesis of this disease is still not very clear. The symptom criteria for acute mental disorders are strong mental stimulation before the onset of the disease, and delusions or severe emotional disorders are the main features. The content of the symptoms is obviously related to the mental stimulation factors but has little to do with individual quality. It mainly manifests itself in the form of schizophrenia symptoms. It may be accompanied by various types of hallucinations or delusions, certain emotional disorders and behavioral disorders, and may also include symptoms such as temporary confusion, disorientation, or impaired attention. So how should we care for such patients if we come into contact with them?

Acute stress psychosis is a subtype of acute stress disorder, which is a psychotic disorder directly caused by an intense and prolonged psychological traumatic event. The symptoms are mainly delusions and severe emotional disorders. The content of the symptoms is closely related to the stressor and is easier to understand. The onset is acute or subacute. With appropriate treatment, the prognosis is good, the patient will be mentally normal after recovery, and generally have no personality defects. It can occur at all ages, but is more common in young and middle-aged people. There is no significant difference in the incidence rate between men and women.

When patients with acute mental disorders have an attack, leaving or adjusting the current environment can also weaken or eliminate the triggering of the disease. Environmental therapy is very effective in treating acute mental disorders.

When providing psychological care and counseling to patients, nurses can taste the food first to confirm that it has no unusual smell before allowing the patient to eat. When persuasion is ineffective, you can follow the doctor's advice to perform nasogastric feeding and crush the medicine into the liquid diet. During nasogastric feeding, nurses should cooperate with each other to prevent the patient from becoming agitated and take good care of the patient to avoid scratches or bruises. After nasogastric feeding, the necessity of eating by oneself and the adverse reactions of nasogastric feeding should be repeatedly explained to the patient, so that he or she will realize that it is better to eat by himself or herself. This can reduce unnecessary suffering. In the early stages of hospitalization, it is necessary to ensure the patient's daily food intake and fully consider the combination of various nutrients. This is the only way to effectively ensure the implementation of various treatments. In addition, patients with hyperphagia and overeating should limit their intake appropriately and can eat alone when necessary.

The standard course of acute mental disorders is short, with only a few cases lasting more than 1 month. Symptoms will be relieved quickly after the cause is eliminated or the environment is changed. So if there is someone sick at home, there is no need to be too nervous, everything will get better.