Psych Drugs
Principles of Mental Health
Assessment
Therapeutic Communication
Childhood Problems
100

Anti-anxiety medications classification?

Azapirones

Benzodiazepines

Beta-blockers

100

What are principles of mental health?

Do no harm, accept the client as a whole person, develop trust, explore behaviors and emotions, encourage responsibility, adaptation, provide consistency. 

100

What is the DSM-5?

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health disorders used in diagnosing mental illnesses

100

What are ineffective way of therapeutic communication?

Failure to listen

Giving inaccurate information

parroting

Giving advice

Being defensive

100

What are behavioral problems seen in childhood?

Colic

Feeding disorders

Sleep disorders

Temper tantrums, Breath holding spells

200

Antidepressant medication classifications?

Tricyclics (CTAs)

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOs)

Selective Serotonin reuptakes inhibitors(SSRIs)

Selective Serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs)

Atypical antidepressants

200

what are the steps of crisis intervention?

care is needed right away to reduce the anxiety level

control. The provider must take charge by proving safety

Assessment 

Determine the client's disposition

Referral and follow up

200

Assessment

subjective and objective data

Data collection:use our senses

listen to what the client is saying by the interview

observe to what the client is doing

inspect, auscultate, percuse, and palpate

200

Types of communication? 

Intrapersonal: from within

Interpersonal: communication takes between 2 people or more

200

Mental health problems in childhood?

environmental (poverty, homelessness)

Parent-child interaction (primary caregiver dysfunction)

Emotional (anxiety, depression, PTDS)

Behavioral (ADHD, disruptive, antisocial, defiant, compulsive)

Developmental 

Pervasive: Autism, shcozophrenia

300

Common anxiolytics side effects/adverse effects?

drowsiness

memory loss

dizziness, headache, hypotension. c

adverse effects: confusion, apnea, seizures

300

What is holistic assessment?

physical, social, cultural, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual.

300

Ruesch's Theory of communication?

Communication is a circular process. The message goes from one person to another and back again. It also depends how the message is receive and how it is process.

300

Warning signs of violence in childhood?

Loss of temper, frequent fighting, vandalism, carrying a weapon, announces the threat to others, uses drugs/alcohol, enjoys hurting animals, engage in risky behaviors, commits violence

400

Tricyclics adverse reactions?

cardiac dysrhythmias, heart failure, seizures, risk for suicide, avoid in patients with glaucoma (Increase ocular pressure).

400

What are common emotional client responses (affects)?

Labile: rapid changes in emotions

Inconsistent: affect and mood do not agree

Flat: unresponsive to emotions

Euphoria: excessive feeling or feeling too good

aggression: anger, hostile, rage

agitation

anxiety, depression and fear

400

What are therapeutic communication skills?

Acceptance, Interest, respect, honesty, concreteness (be specific), assistance, permission, and protection. 

400

What is rumination?

The infant regurgitates and rechews the food. it can happen in infants, children and adults with intellectual disabilities. 

500

Lithium nursing implications?

monitor lithium labs Normal range 0.6-1.2 mEq/L, CBC, BMP, thyroid function panel, VSm mental status, bipolar symptoms (irritable, pacing, rapid speech, hyperactivity)

500

What mental conditions will the client to have hallucinations?

Schizophrenia

Acute stage of alcohol

Drug withdrawal

Organic brain disorders 

500

Therapeutic communication techniques?

listening, broad opening (What are you thinking about?), restating, clarification, reflection, silence, suggesting. 

500

What is dyslexia?

reading problems, children are able to recognize letter, but have difficulty putting them together therefore they tend to twist, substitute, distort or omit words. 

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