Neurocognitive
Mental state described by an acute disturbance of cognition often with hallucinations.
What is Delirium?
Disorder invoving impaired social or occoupational functions with syptoms for at least 2 weeks of loss of interest or pleasure in activities.
What is Major depressive disorder?
A program with the focus to train primary care givers to improve quality of life for clients with dementia.
What is WHELD program?
A therapy that is focused on changing "automatic thoughts" .
What is cognitive therapy?
A medication used for depression that has a side effect of hypotension and dry mouth.
What is Amitriptyline (tricyclic antidepressant)?
Disorder diagnosed by deposits of alpha proteins in the brain.
What is Lewy body dementia?
Disorder that occurs in females only with symptoms begining just before the menstral cycle and often resolved at the end of the cycle.
What is premstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)?
Name three medical interventions for delirium.
What is correct cause, provide reorientation and assurance, low dose antipsychotics, benzodiazepines with substance withdrawl and melatonin.
List three types of depression treatment that does not involve medication.
What is exercise, bright light therapy, group therapy.
A medication for depression that requires the client to avoid fermented food.
What is Monoamine oxidase inhibitors?
Another name for Major neurocognitive disorder.
What is dementia?
List at least 4 symptoms specific to moderate depression disorder.
What is deep sadness, helplessness and or low self esteem for at least 2 years, slow movement, limited verbalization, slow thinking, difficulty concentrating, eating disturbances, sleep distrubances, and low to no energy.
What class of drug comes with a warning that "chronic or oversuse" may lead to dementia?
What is anticholinergic medication?
Name three types of assessment forms that may be helpful for diagnosing the phase a client is in during a mental health change.
What is Hamilton depression rating scale, suicide risk assessment, and geariatric depression scale?
The "go to" class of medication to treat depression.
What is SSRIs?
Early symtoms of a NCD include (SATA)
What is impaired thinking, judgment and impulse control, neglected personal appearance, personality changes, and language chages.
A group of NCDs caused by infectious agent with a rapid onset causing problems with coordination, movement and rapidly progresses to dementia.
What is Prion disease?
A medication expected to be ordered for a client with mild to moderate NCD due to AD. (be able to explain how the that medication works)
What is donepezil because of it improves cholinergic function by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase.
The four phases of crisis intervention.
The class of depression medication should not be mixed with St. John's wart or MAOs because of a risk of interaction.
What is SSRIs?
A disorder that involves loss of nerve cells in substatia nigra and decrease in dopamine activity affecting involuntary muscle movements.
What is Parkinson's disease.
A disorder classified as "not necessarily dysfunctional" but has symptoms of sadness, some crying, difficulty getting mind off of disappontment and feeling tired.
What is Transient depression?
Name five of the eight chatagories of a mental health exam.
What is Observations, Mood, Cognition, Perception, Thoughts, Behavior, Insight, and Judgement.
A life threatening codition caused by a new prescrition or change in dosage to treat depression that involves symptoms of fever, tachycardia, tremors and muscle rigidity and leads to rhabdomyolysis.
What is Serotonin Syndrome?
A life threatening codition caused by a new prescrition or change in dosage to treat depression that involves symptoms of fever, tachycardia, tremors and muscle rigidity and leads to rhabdomyolysis.
What is Serotonin Syndrome?