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Major depression disorder - Coggle Diagram
Major depression disorder
Patient education
Encourage patient to verbalized his/her thoughts and feelings
teach patient to socialized and seek better relationship to family and friends
Educate patient regarding MDD
Medication - SSRI's, antidepressant, anxiolytic and antipsychotic
Behavioral intervention
encourage patient to participate on physical activities and socialized to others
encourage patient to adopt modified lifestyle change
encourage patient to use positive self talk
Nursing intervention -
educate patient regarding major depressive disorder and its risk factors
Provide patient with coping strategies
Not to leave patient alone during treatment
Administer prescribe medication as directed
Important assessment
risk factors that triggered patient MDD
nutritional and physical status of the patient
suicidal thoughts and feelings
Pathophysiology - Clinical trials suggest a disturbance in central nervous system serotonin (5-HT) activity as an important factor.
neurotransmitter implicated include norepinephrine, dopamine, glutamate and brain-derived neurotropic factor.