Psychopharmaceuticals
Interventions
Theory
Diagnoses
Legal/Ethics
100

This category of medication is prescribed for individuals with symptoms including depressed mood, reduced motivation, isolation, and suicidal ideation.

What is Antidepressants.

100

This intervention does not require the therapist to speak much but can help a great deal when building rapport with the client.

What is active listening.
100

This theory attributed to Bowen often looks at human behavior in relational context.

What is family systems theory.

100

This diagnosis may be appropriate if a client has stopped going to work after they experienced a traumatic event 21 days ago and persistent symptoms include nightmares, avoidance, negative beliefs about society, dissociation and fear.

What is Acute Stress Disorder.

100

This federal law established national standards for protecting clients' health information.

What is HIPAA.

200

This category of medication is prescribed for individuals with symptoms including mania, disorganized thought process, reduced sleep, and inflated sense of abilities.

What is mood stabilizers.

200

This intervention is used to help the client understand their symptoms, triggers, coping skills, and treatment options. 

What is psychoeducation.

200

This theory attributed to John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth suggests that psychological safety and caregiver relationships influence a child's development and future relationships.

What is attachment theory.

200

This diagnosis may be appropriate if someone has had a life stressor within the last 6 months and they are struggling to adjust to the change leading to disproportionate levels of distress or significant impairment in functioning.

What is Adjustment Disorder.

200

This informational process is necessary to ensure that clients are informed and educated on topics including limits of confidentiality, licensure status, billing practices, services being provided, privacy practices, client's rights, and risks/benefits.

What is informed consent.

300

This category of medication is prescribed for individuals with symptoms including paranoia, delusions, disorganized thought process, and hallucinations.

What is antipsychotics. 

300

This intervention encourages the client to increase engagement in meaningful activities to improve mood and reduce avoidance or isolation. 

What is behavioral activation.

300

This theory attributed to Erik Erikson examines the relationship between individual psychological development and social interactions across the lifespan. It focuses on psychosocial stages marked by specific developmental tasks and conflicts from infancy to late adulthood.

What is Psychosocial Development Theory.

300

This diagnosis may or may not include hypomania but requires at least one manic episode and typically causes significant functional impairment.

What is Bipolar I Disorder.

300

This ethical principal emphasizes that a professional relationship should remain strictly professional.

What is dual relationships.

400

This class of medication has a reputation for being addictive and is prescribed for individuals with symptoms including restlessness, difficulty concentrating, and irritability. 

What is Benzodiazepines.

400

This intervention is used to help clients identify strengths and practical steps to address their concerns.

What is solution-focused brief therapy.
400

This theorist explains human behavior through a hierarchy of needs, progressing from basic survival to self-actualization is attributed to this psychologist.

What is Abraham Maslow.

400

A client with this diagnosis may initially be overly nice and present with a history of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, an identity disturbance, efforts to avoid abandonment, impulsivity, difficulty controlling anger, and suicidal ideation.

What is Borderline Personality Disorder.

400

This ethical principal emphasizes respecting a client's right to make their own decisions about their life and their care absent any legal or ethical obligation to intervene.

What is autonomy.

500

Medications including Valbenazine (Ingrezza) and Deutetrabenazine (Austedo) are commonly prescribed for this neurological movement disorder often associated with long term use of antipsychotic medications.

What is Tardive Dyskinesia.

500

This intervention is commonly associated with clients reshaping their story and becoming the hero.

What is narrative therapy.

500

This theory attributed to B.F. Skinner focuses on understanding and modifying behavior through observable stimuli and responses. It emphasizes the role of environmental factors in shaping behavior, suggesting behavior can be learned and unlearned through reinforcement, punishment, and modeling.

What is Behavioral Theory.

500

This diagnosis may lead to interaction with law enforcement as early as age 15 due to symptoms including disregard for the safety of self or others, unlawful behavior, lack of remorse, impulsivity, and deceitfulness. 

What is Antisocial Personality Disorder.

500

When a therapist is unable to perform a specific intervention due to lack of experience or certification.

What is scope of competence.

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