Question

CASE STUDY ANOREXIA NERVOSA Joyce Mann is a 23-year-old female admitted to the psychiatric unit last night after assessment and treatment at a local hospital emergency room for "blacking out at school". She has been given a preliminary diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. As you begin to assess her, you notice that she is very loose clothing and is wrapped in a blanket. She tells you, "I don't know why I am here. They are making a big deal out of nothing". She appears to be extremely thin and pale, with very thin and brittle hair and constantly complaining about being cold. As you question her about her weight and nutrition, she becomes defensive and vague, but she does admit to loosing "some weight" after an appendectomy two (2) years ago. She tells you that she used to be fat, but after her surgery she did not feel like eating and everybody began to comment on how good she was beginning to look, so she just quit eating for awhile. She tells you that she is eating better now even though everyone keeps "bugging" her about her weight and how much she eats. She eventually admits to a weight loss of about 40 pounds and "I'm still fat."

Answer 1

6, Anorexia nervosa is a psychological life-threatening eating disorder. Rapid loss of weight 40 pounds, complaining about being cold, extremely thin, pale, very thin and brittle hair are the clinical symptoms must be the highest priority.
7, Care plan:
-Behavioral therapy encourages patients o increase weight gain.
-Family intervention help support maintain weight
-cognitive analytic therapy makes beliefs and helps to focus on a better choice for patients.
-cognitive behavioral therapy treats patients with depression and anxiety levels.
-Interpersonal psychotherapy helps for social function and avoid distress.
-Psychodynamic psychotherapy help to fulfill their hope and help to regain their weight.
-Psychotherapy help to change the emotional disorder.
8, I cant wait to lose 10 pounds, I bet I can do that in a couple of days, I don't want to live anymore.
Anorexia's view of thinking about fat or bulky makes them become underweight. The process of restricting their food makes them often obsessive in nature, it concurred with a psychiatric disorder and borderline personality disorder. It even made them attempt suicide and even death.
9, primary changes patient needs in the care plan are counseling to make them focus on health and nutritional needs.
Rehabilitation for a full recovery
Antidepressants to treat this coexisting disorder like anxiety and depression.