Psych Meds
Dx
Therapeutic Communication
Legal and Ethical Practice
Mix of everyting
100

This class of antidepressants is often first-line (depression, OCD) and works by increasing serotonin levels.

SSRIs

100

    •  This disorder is characterized by alternating periods of mania and depression.

bipolar disorder

100

    • The best response to a client expressing suicidal thoughts is to do what?

What is stay with the client and notify the healthcare team?

100

    • This law protects the privacy of health information.

What is HIPAA?

100

    • The DSM-5 is used for this purpose in mental health care.

What is diagnosing psychiatric disorders?

200

This mood stabilizer requires regular blood level monitoring to avoid toxicity.


What is lithium?

200

    • A client hears voices telling them to harm themselves. This is known as what type of hallucination?

What are command hallucinations?

200

    • This technique involves restating what the client says to show understanding.

What is paraphrasing?

200

    • This principle means doing no harm.

    • What is nonmaleficence?
200

    • This is the most important intervention during a panic attack.

What is staying with the client and using calm communication?

300

This amino acid, found in aged and fermented foods, can cause dangerously high blood pressure when combined with MAOIs.

tyramine

300

    • This disorder involves flashbacks and hypervigilance after a traumatic event.

PTSD

300

    • Avoid this type of question, as it can make clients feel judged.

What are "why" questions?

300

    • A client has the right to refuse medication unless they meet this legal criteria.

What is being a danger to self or others?

300

    • This type of restraint is used only when all other interventions fail.

What is physical restraint?

400

This antipsychotic can cause agranulocytosis and requires frequent WBC monitoring.

What is clozapine?

400

Name 3 positive symptoms of schizophrenia.

Positive Symptoms

These are excesses or distortions of normal functions:

  • Hallucinations – perceiving things that aren’t there (most commonly hearing voices).
  • Delusions – fixed, false beliefs (e.g., believing one is being watched or has special powers).
  • Disorganized speech – incoherent or illogical speech patterns.
  • Disorganized or catatonic behavior – unpredictable agitation, bizarre postures, or lack of movement.

🧠 Negative Symptoms

These involve a loss or reduction of normal abilities:

  • Flat affect – reduced emotional expression (e.g., monotone voice, lack of facial expression).
  • Alogia – limited speech output or poverty of thought.
  • Avolition – lack of motivation to initiate or sustain purposeful activities
  • Anhedonia – inability to experience pleasure. 
  • Social withdrawal – reduced interest in interacting with others.
400

A time for reflection and processing, it allows the client to regain composure or collect thoughts and is a way of showing respect and concern for what the client has to say.

What is silence?

400

    • A nurse fails to monitor a suicidal client who then attempts self-harm. This could be considered:

negligence

400

Name two signs of serotonin syndrome.


Mild to Moderate Symptoms

  • Agitation or restlessness
  • Confusion or altered mental status
  • Rapid heart rate and high blood pressure
  • Dilated pupils
  • Muscle twitching or tremors
  • Shivering or goosebumps
  • Headache
  • Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
  • Heavy sweating not caused by activity

Severe Symptoms

  • High fever
  • Muscle rigidity
  • Seizures
  • Irregular heartbeat
  • Loss of consciousness


500

This medication is used to treat alcohol dependence by causing unpleasant effects when alcohol is consumed.

disulfiram

500

    • This personality disorder is associated with unstable relationships, impulsivity, and self-harm.

What is borderline personality disorder?

500

This defense mechanism, commonly seen in borderline personality disorder, involves viewing people or situations as entirely good or entirely bad, with no middle ground.

What is splitting?

500

    • This legal document allows treatment without consent in an emergency.

What is implied consent?

500

This is the hallmark symptom of NMS-Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, often accompanied by rigidity and fever.

altered mental status, confusion

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