mental health disorders
common and serious diagnoses that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. It causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities to the point that it impairs functioning.
Depression or Major Depressive Disorder
This is a broad mental health assessment that covers appearance, speech, motor activity, mood, thoughts, perceptions, insight, and judgement
MSE Mental status exam
This "fight or flight" neurotransmitter is increased in those suffering from a panic state or a manic phase.
norepinephrine (or noradrenaline)
The behavioral expression of emotion; may be appropriate (congruent with the situation), inappropriate (incongruent with the situation), constricted or blunted (diminished range and intensity), or flat (absence of emotional expression).
affect
Select all medications or classes used in the treatment of depression.
a) SSRI
b) anticonvulsants
c) SNRI
d)Benzodiazapines
e) Tricyclics
A, C, E
anxiety, detachment, and other manifestations about the event for longer than 1 month following a distressing event. Other symptoms include hypervigilance, sleep disturbances, and being easily startled.
PTSD
This is the evidence based assessment for determining the severity of withdrawal from alcohol
CIWA
This inhibitory neurotransmitter is sometimes referred to as the "off switch" and is decreased in people with anxiety.
GABA
False sensory perceptions not associated with real external stimuli
hallucinations
Which medications or classes are used for alcohol withdrawal
A) Librium
B) Anticonvulsants
C) Opiates
D) Bezodiazapines
E) Diuretics
A, B, D
Standard nomenclature of emotional illness published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and used by all healthcare practitioners. It classifies mental illness and presents guidelines and diagnostic criteria for various mental disorders.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).
This scale is used to assess the severity of opiate withdrawal the patient is experiencing
COWS
This feel-good neurotransmitter activates the reward center of the brain and is associated with addiction. It is increased in people with schizophrenia and mania.
Dopamine
______ therapy consists of a scientific structuring of the environment in order to effect behavioral changes and to improve the individual’s psychological health and functioning. This type of therapy falls under the RN's scope of practice.
Milieu
These medications are used for relapse prevention for patients in recovery from alcohol dependence
a) Suboxone
b) Naltrexone (Vivitrol)
c) Naloxone (Narcan)
d) Disulfuram (Antabuse)
e) Librium
B, D
Vague, diffuse apprehension that is associated with feelings of uncertainty and helplessness. Associated with decreased GABA and increased norepinephrine
Anxiety
This assessment is used to determine cognitive functioning. It includes assessment of orientation, registration, attention, calculation, memory, and language. The last question of the assessment asks the patient to copy a drawing of shapes
mmse mini-mental status exam
This neurotransmitter is decreased in depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anorexia nervosa.
Serotonin
An electrical impulse through the neuron stimulates the release of these into the synaptic cleft, which in turn determines whether or not another electrical impulse is generated.
neurotransmitters
These drugs are used as mood stabilizers
a) Carbomazopine (Tegretol)
b) Lithium (Priadil, Lithobid)
c) Fluoxatine (Prozac)
d) Limotrogine (Lamictal)
e) Valproic Acid (Depakote)
A, B, D, E
This disorder is associated with loss of contact with reality. Symptoms may include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech patterns, and bizarre or catatonic behaviors.
Schizophrenia or unspecified psychosis
12-item scale to assess severity of dyskinesias (specifically, orofacial movements and extremity and truncal movements) in patients taking neuroleptic medications.
AIMS
This is the primary neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system. It is found to be drastically decreased in Alzheimers patients
Acetylcholine
Fixed, false belief not explained by culture. Belief remains despite factual or logical contradiction.
Delusion
These are typical or 1st generation antipsychotics
a) Quetiapine (Seroquel)
b) Risperidone (Risperdal)
c) Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
d) Haloperidol (Haldol)
e) Aripiprazole (Abilify)
C, D
all the others are atypical antipsychotics