Medications
This group of medications are the first line treatment for anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder.
What are SSRI antidepressants?
A patient with this disorder exhibits uncontrollable, excessive worry for at least 6 months.
What is (GAD) or generalized anxiety disorder?
With this disorder, the client displays more than one distinct personality, with a stressful event precipitating the change from one personality to another.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
During this phase of MDD clients will present with severe clinical findings of depression and may require hospitalization.
What is the acute phase?
What is suicide?
This group of medications are contraindicated in anxious clients who have sleep apnea, respiratory depression, and/or glaucoma.
What are benzodiazepines?
With this disorder patients experience four or more of the following: palpitations, SOB, choking or smothering sensation, chest pain, nausea, feelings of depersonalization, fear of dying or insanity, and chills or hot flashes.
What is panic disorder or a panic attack?
With this disorder exposure to traumatic events causes anxiety, detachment, and other manifestations about the event for longer than 1 month following the event and can last for years.
What is PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder?
Risk factors for this disorder include: family and personal history, chronic illness, advanced age, recent death in the family.
What is MDD or major depressive disorder?
When suffering from this disorder small children can show a decrease in play or engage in play that involves aspects of the traumatic event.
What is PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder?
This is a potential indication of alprazolam toxicity that the client should report to the provider.
What is confusion?
This behavioral therapy is used to control pain, tension, and anxiety.
What is Relaxation training?
This therapeutic procedure is contraindicated for clients who have active suicidal ideation, psychosis, severe dissociative disorders, detached retina or glaucoma or unstable substance use disorders.
What is EMDR or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing?
This therapeutic procedure can be used for MDD that is resistant to medications as well as the manic behavior from bipolar disorder.
What is ECT or electroconvulsive therapy?
This disorder is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder thought to be of genetic origin with a wide specturm of behaviors affecting an individuals ability to communicate and interact with others. Cognitive and language abilities are typically delayed. Characteristic behaviors include inability to maintain eye contact, repetitive actions, and strict observance of routines.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
Providers may choose to prescribe one week of medications at a time for the client suffering from this.
What is suicidal ideation?
This therapy uses cognitive reframing to help the client identify negative thoughts that produce anxiety, examine the cause, and develop supportive ideas that replace negative self talk.
What is CBT or cognitive behavioral therapy?
Staff can perform this technique for patients suffering from dissociative disorders that involve the observation and experience of physical objects.
What is grounding?
Behavioral examples of this are: labile mood with euphoria, agitation and irritability, restlessness, impulsivity, flight of ideas and grandiose views.
What is mania or manic characteristics?
Clients with this disorder demonstrate a persistent pattern of behavior that violates the rights of others or rules and norms of society.
What is conduct disorder?
Bupropion is contraindicated in clients that have cardiac disease as well as this disorder.
What is seizure disorder?
What is agoraphobia?
Exposure to traumatic events causes anxiety, detachment and other manifestations about the event for at least 3 days but not for more than 1 month following the event when this disorder is present.
What is ASD or acute stress disorder?
Use of substances, sleep disturbances and psychological stressors for the patient with bipolar disorder can be indicative of this.
What is a relapse?
This disorder is characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
What is ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?