This type of mania feels wonderful in the beginning, but turns scary and dark as it progresses toward loss of control and confusion.
What is Euphoric mania?
100
During this phase, the primary outcome is injury prevention and patient safety. It is usually performed in the hospital setting.
What is the Acute phase?
100
The primary mood-stabilizer used for Bipolar disorder.
What is Lithium?
100
Nearly continuous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt changes in topics that are word linked.
What is Flight of ideas?
100
A patient with a Lithium blood serum range of _____ is considered therapeutic, but may experience fine hand tremor and polyuria.
What is 0.4 - 1.0 mEq/L?
200
This low-level system is characterized as euphoric with the absence of psychosis.
What is Hypomania?
200
During this phase, the outcome is focused on prevention of relapse as well as the limitation of severity/duration of future episodes.
What is the Maintenance phase?
200
This type of therapy is used to subdue severe manic behavior and rapid cycling. It is safe for the use on pregnant women as well.
What is Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?
200
Also referred to as inflated self-regard; here, a patient may exaggerate their achievements or importance.
What is Grandiosity?
200
A lack of this can precipitate an episode; therefore, the patient should be taught to maintain a regular ____ pattern.
What is Sleep?
300
The priority nursing diagnosis for Mr. Jones as evidenced by prolonged periods of time without sleep, anxiety, agitation, and inability to concentrate.
What is Sleep deprivation?
300
The outcome for this phase is prevention of relapse, and community resources are chosen based on the needs of the patient.
What is the Continuation phase?
300
This drug type is becoming popular despite the risks for metabolic syndrome associated with it.
What are Second-generation antipsychotics?
300
The stringing together of words because of their rhyming sounds without regard to their meaning.
What are Clang associations?
300
Because lithium has a ______, the patient's blood levels should be frequently checked.
What is a narrow therapeutic range?
400
This disorder is characterized by symptoms of hypomania alternating with symptoms of mild to moderate depression for at least two years in adults and one year in children.
What is Cyclothymic disorder?
400
Medication adherence during this phase is perhaps the most important treatment outcome.
What is the Continuation phase?
400
This type of therapy is often used in conjunction with medications for psychotherapy. The focus is on medication adherence, early recognition and intervention, stress management, and treatment of depression and comorbidities.
What is Cognitive behavioral therapy?
400
Hospitalization may be required if _________, psychosis, or catatonia is present.
What is suicidal ideation?
400
These type of drugs may precipitate more serious side effects like Extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) and Tardive dyskinesia (TD).
What are Conventional or First-generation antipsychotics?
500
Assessing _______ is the priority assessment piece when examining a patient experiencing mania.
What is "whether the patient is a danger to self and other?"
500
During this phase, psychotherapy, support groups, and psychoeducational groups are utilized to help patient's maintain their social, family, and occupational lives.
What is the Maintenance phase?
500
This category of drug is used, alone or in combination, to treat bipolar disorder. Also effective when there is no family history involved.
What are Anticonvulsants?
500
Deficits in this correlate with a greater number of manic episodes, history of psychosis, chronicity of illness, and poor outcome.
What is Cognitive function?
500
These two organs need to be checked regularly while on Lithium therapy.