Psychiatric Mental Disorder and Physical Health Disorder
· Describe a nursing situation – describe a situation when you have cared for a person with a mental disorder.
· Discuss the person’s developmental stage, culture, gender, socio-economic status and integrate into discussion of the nursing situation.
· Formulate a DSM-5 diagnosis.
· Formulate 2 Differential Diagnoses.
· Describe the DSM-5 diagnosis identified in Step 1 and one Differential Diagnosis.
· Include the etiology, prevalence, behaviors related to the disorder, according to the DSM-5 criteria) and related assessment /screening tools you might use to validate your diagnosis.
· Describe a common physical health condition that frequently co-occurs with the psychiatric disorders you identified. Describe the impact of the physical health condition on the person’s mental disorder.
· Integrate three research studies relevant to either the individual’s physical health condition and/or mental disorder.