Mental Health Nursing

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Nursing Management of Delusions and Hallucinations


Outline

Hallucinations

Causes of hallucinations Auditory hallucinations Visual hallucinations Olfactory hallucinations Taste hallucinations Tactile hallucinations Special kinds of hallucinations

Delusions

Primary delusions Secondary delusions Content of delusions Treatment Understanding levels of intensity Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4

Management

Goal of Management
Steps
Principles
Strategies

Nurses responsibility

.References

  1. Stuart GW, Lararia MT. Principles and practices of psychiatric nursing (8th edn) Mosby publications; Missouri, 2005.
  2. Hamilton M. Fish's clinical psychopathology (2nd edn) Varghese Publications; Bombay ,1994.

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