Mental Health Disorders
Ongoing/ present sadness and lack of interest
What is Depression?
is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it
What is PTSD?
A nurse must monitor for these types of symptoms associated with antipsychotics.
Extrapyramidal Side Efffects
Is someone who has trouble falling asleep or staying asleep on a regular basis. They often experience sleeplessness, leading to fatigue and daytime drowsiness.
What is Insomnia?
is an exaggerated sense of self-importance, power, knowledge, or identity
grandiosity
causes extreme mood swings between depression and mania or hypomania
features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions.
What is OCD?
This group of symptoms with many causes affects memory, thinking and social abilities. It is progressive and irreversible.
What is Dementia?
experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome:
What is anxiety/anxious?
The thought of wanting to kill or harm someone else.
What is Homicidal Ideation?
A mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior.
What is Schizophrenia?
characterized by an abnormally low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of body weight.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Symptoms of Lithium toxicity
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, confusion
They include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or disorganized behavior
What are psychotic features or pscyhosis?
What is visual hallucinations?
A condition with exaggerated tension, worrying, and nervousness about daily life events.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
affects your brain and behavior to the point where you can't control your use of legal or illegal drugs, even when you know they cause harm
What is Substance Use Disorder?
This includes ignoring right and wrong, lying, treating others harshly, and not caring about hurting others. Charm or wit is used to manipulate others.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
Hearing things that are not there
What is auditory hallucinations?
unable to think clearly; bewildered:
What is confused?
people lose control and eat large amounts of food. Then they get rid of it in unhealthy ways by purging, such as vomiting.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
This mental health condition affects how you see yourself. It includes unstable and intense relationships, extreme emotions, and impulsiveness.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
First medication and most common to treat bipolar disorder
Lithium
Fixed, false conviction in something that is not real or shared by other people.
What are delusions?
showing wild, uncontrolled excitement and energy:
What is Manic?