20 cases of senile depression clinical manifestations and nursing care.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 20 cases of senile depression clinical manifestations and nursing care [Abstract] Objective To ensure the senile depression patient safety, effective care to find ways to reduce accidents and suicide, status of patient characteristics, to develop appropriate nursing interventions. Methods of patient evaluation system of accident risk factors of suicide in 20 elderly patients establishment of special care patients with depression measures. The results of 20 cases of senile depression patients discharged. Conclusions can be reduced through effective care in patients with senile depression suicide, accidents happen. enhance the confidence of the patient overcome the disease. [Keywords:] Aged; clinical manifestations of depression; risk factors; Care Depression is a common mental disorder the elderly, the population in 65 years the incidence of about 1 / 7 or so. Depression is a pessimistic, depressed, depressive mood, depression, slow thinking, and have a strong negative perceptions and suicidal behavior. geriatric depression than the performance similar to the general depression, but often there are some special types, such as reactive depression, hypochondriacal depression, occult depression. admitted to our department in recent years, depression in old age patients after intensive care the satisfactory results, will now report the following summary of nursing. 1 Clinical data Our department from 2004-2008, a total of 20 cases of depression treated patients, 8 males and 12 females, aged 65 to 70 years. 5 cases of reactive depression, hypochondriacal depression in 11 cases, occult depression 4 cases. Diagnostic criteria: Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders Third Edition (CCMD-3). course of 6 months to 1 year, education, high school in 2 cases, 15 cases of middle and primary schools in 3 cases, mostly in urban and not related to culture, personality traits within. 2 Clinical manifestations