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Concept Map: Mood and Affect

Amanda Egert; Manu Gill; and Kimberly Lee

concept map for mood and affect

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Mood and affect concept map description: This is a concept map that shows the components of mood and affect. It starts with the definition: the way a person feels and acts. And then continues with the components of mood and affect:

Scope

  • Mood Spectrum
  • Severe Mania
  • Hypomania
  • Euthymia
  • Melancholy
  • Severe Melancholy

Assessment

  • agitation, sadness, speech
  • energy, cognition, functional impairment
  • mental status assessment
  • suicidal ideation
  • must monitor for adverse effects of medication treatment such as serotonin symptoms suicidal ideation

Management

  • improvement of social determinants of health
  • mental status exam and screening instruments
  • psychotherapy pharmacotherapy (antidepressants, anti-mania, antipsychotics, CNS depressants)

Consequences

  • High use of medical care
  • Potential for suicide
  • Social and relational impacts
  • Cognitive impacts

Physiological Process

  • Cerebral Cortex
    • reduced blood flow and abnormal phosphorous metabolism (especially in the prefrontal cortex)
  • Neurotransmitters
    • Dopamine
    • Serotonin
    • Norepinephrine

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Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology - 1st Canadian Edition Copyright © 2023 by Amanda Egert; Manu Gill; and Kimberly Lee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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