Personality
Excessive need for advice or reassurance that results in submissiveness and clinginess. Scared to take care of self.
Dependent Personality Disorder
Disorder with recurrent unwanted thoughts and convulsions. Can be treated with SSRIs like fluoxetine, sertraline, and paroxetine.
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Question to ask the patient relating to the number one risk factor of suicide
If they have access to a firearm
Abnormal persistent elevated mood with increased activity or energy that lasts for 4 consecutive days but is not severe enough to impair functioning
Hypomanic episode
These types of drugs are used for epilepsy but can be used for bipolar mania and resistant schizophrenia. Include valproic acid (Depakote), clonazepam (Klonopin), lamotrigine (Lamictal), gabapentin (Neurontin), and topiramate (Topamax)
Anticonvulsants
Pattern of exploitative, guiltless, and irresponsible behaviors. Avoid obeying the law.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Causes prolonged activation of the sympathetic nervous system that can lead to depression, anxiety, and mental disorders along with CVD and reduced immunity
Stress
This depressive disorder occurs during a certain time of the year and can be treated with light therapy
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
This type of bipolar disorder experiences severe depression and hypomania but never severe mania
Bipolar II disorder
These drugs are the first line of treatment for anxiety disorders but can also treat depression. Includes Zoloft (sertraline), Paxil (paroxetine), Lexapro (escitaloprim), and Prozac (fluoxetine)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Research shows that 70% of these patients attempt suicide at least once. They are impulsive which leads to unstable relationships and moods that cause damage to self or others.
Borderline Personality Disorder
A reaction to extreme trauma that causes a high level of anxiety, numb responses, nightmares, amnesia, and depression. The goal of interventions include reassurance of safety, improvement with coping, and discussing the event behind this disorder without anxiety
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
This depressive disorder involves anxiety, mood swings, changes in eating habits, decreased interest, irritability, and physical symptoms that interfere with social functioning a week before menses
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Rare mood disorder with emotional ups and downs that are not as extreme as bipolar I or II
Cyclothymia
This inorganic compound is a mood stabilizer used to treat manic episodes of bipolar disorder and is also a type of metal. Is also a substitute of sodium which should not be depleted to avoid toxicity.
Lithium (carbonate)
Disorder with pattern of social and interpersonal deficits due to cognitive or perceptual distortions. Behaviors include magical thinking and odd beliefs in telepathy, a sixth sense, or other bizarre fantasies.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Severe anxiety disorder in which the patient is incapable of speaking in certain social situations
Selective mutism
Major depressive disorder is characterized by depressed mood, little to no interest in activities, change in weight or appetite, insomnia, psychomotor agitation, and thoughts of death nearly every day for at least this amount of time
2 weeks
An exaggerated sense of self important, power, knowledge, or identity that is present in manic and hypomanic episodes
Grandiosity
This class of drugs is used as mood stabilizers for mood swings and manic or depressive episodes. Include haloperidol, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone.
Antipsychotics
This disorder is characterized by an overwhelming desire to be the center of attention and will try to be at any cost
Histrionic Personality Disorder
This level of anxiety has symptoms like confusion, hyperventilation, tachycardia, and loud rapid speech. There is a decreased perceptual field with distortions
Severe
This screening tool can aid in diagnosis and can track the overall severity of depression for improvement
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
This type of neurotransmitter is known to be responsible for manic episodes
Dopamine
This drug is used as an antipsychotic for schizophrenia and lowers the risk of suicide. Side effects could be agranulocytosis, orthostatic hypertension, and urinary retention.
clozapine