Section: 3.8 - Personality Disorders | Mental Health Nursing | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    • Define personality disorder. 
    • Identify the symptoms of personality disorders that are reported by clients.
    • Identify the clinical manifestations of personality disorders.
    • Discuss the evidence-based management of personality disorders.
    • Identify the appropriate nursing interventions for clients with personality disorders.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 46 minutes.

    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the entire page (6 minutes)

      American Psychiatric Association

    • Read the section “ classification of Personality Disorder” (3minutes)

      Dialogues in clinical neuroscience

    • Read the entire page (3 minutes)

      American Psychological Association.

    • Read the section “What are the symptoms of personality disorders?” (1 min)

      Health Direct
    • Read the entire page (22 minutes)

      American Family Physician

    •  Click on the link titled 'A personality disorder'. Read the section “Goals for nursing a person with a personality disorder to Guidelines for responding to a person with a personality disorder”(7minutes)

      'Queensland MIND Essentials' Queensland Government.  
    • Read the section “ Nursing Management”(4 minutes)

      Nurseslabs.

    • Slide Deck Presentation
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      Quiz: Unit 3.8

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