Psychiatric Medications
This is how long it may take for most psychiatric medications to begin to take effect.
What is 3-4 weeks.
Bipolar disorder is classified into these four categories.
What are Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymic disorder and Unspecified Bipolar disorder?
Flashbacks and guilt are symptoms of what anxiety disorder?
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
This neurotransmitter is dumped out of neurons in large quantities after a client uses stimulant drugs such as cocaine.
What is dopamine?
This is what it's called when a person experiences visions of things that others don't see, hear things that others don't hear, or they feel a crawling sensation on their skin.
What are hallucinations?
This type of medication is a last resort due to the risk of food-drug/drug-drug interactions.
What are MAOI's?
This intervention for depression involves the use of a stimulator implanted in the brain that is activated by a magnet.
What is vagal nerve stimulation?
This type of stress can actually be helpful and motivating.
What is eustress?
This is the number one cause of lung cancer.
What is nicotine addiction (smoking cigarettes)?
This disease is characterized by atrophy of the cortex.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Dizziness, drowsiness, mood fluctuations and sexual dysfunction are all examples of this.
What are side effects of SSRI's?
This is what it's called when a patient does not explicitly express suicidal thoughts, but does have thoughts of their own death.
What is a passive death wish?
This disorder is characterized by chronic worrying for more than 6 months.
What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
These are the most serious risks of alcohol withdrawal.
What are hypertension, arrhythmias, seizure, and death?
This is the number one cause of non-compliance among schizophrenic patients.
What are unpleasant medication side effects?
This drug is given in the case of an emergent opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone?
This type of therapy involves the patient's entire family, or other people who are important in the patient's life.
Panick attacks are often mistaken for this physiological emergency situation.
What is a heart attack (MI)?
Pinpoint-sized pupils are a sign of this addiction.
What is opioid use disorder?
This occurs when a person with an intellectual disability is told that they cannot do something that is reasonably safe and is within their capabilities of performing.
What is a rights violation?
This medication is given to combat EPS (extrapyramidal symptoms).
This practice is an approach in the human services field that assumes that an individual is more likely than not to have a history of trauma.
What is Trauma-Informed Care?
This disorder involves an anxiety-relieving ritual that helps to terminate persistent thoughts.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
These are a long-term method of support for those who are in recovery from substance abuse disorders.
What are 12-step meetings (AA, NA, etc.)?
This is a sudden and transient state of confusion.
What is delirium?