The Unbreakable link – Dermatopsychiatry- Dr. Adel Serag

      4 issues have been discussed in this short lecture, dermatillomania, trichotillomania, trichophagia, and pschoactive drug rash Lecture was presented, in April, 2012 , saudia arabia, jeddah  

Nursing inpatient psychiatric observation

  Orientation: This scaling should be done twice daily and nursing staff should be well trained to perform .Here the nurse can scale the specified targeted mental function along the day.         Knows where he is  yes = 10  no = 0 Knows surroundings   Talk:     Short phrases  yes = […]

Activities: (Nursing Observations – in Psychiatric Wards)

Activities:     Here the nurse should match how is the patient’s behavior … also she can not only match yes or no but also give a specified degree  out of 10 according to her evaluation  This  observational  evaluation could be missing the inter-rater reliability but however, it can verifies how is the patient is […]

The Medical Use Of Restraints

GENERAL INFORMATION: What are restraints? A restraint is any method that limits a patient’s ability to move around freely or reach normal body parts. A patient may be restrained using one or a combination of different ways. What are the types of restraints? Environmental restraint: The area where a person can move freely is limited […]