Medications
Behaviors
Bipolar Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Depressive Disorders
100

Most antidepressants start to help within this amount of time after you start taking them.

What is 2 weeks?

100

You may be asked to keep this to record your moods, sleep patterns or other factors that could help with diagnosis and finding the right treatment.

What is a journal?

100

The old term for this diagnosis was this.

What is Manic Depressive?

100
Almost 1 million people in the US are currently addicted to this type of substance
What is Heroin and other opiates?
100
When this illness is treated with medication, the results are -Decrease in hallucinations and delusions -Improved organization of thinking and speech -Decreased paranoia and increased social contact
What is Schizophrenia?
200

Examples of these include lithium (Lithobid), valproic acid (Depakene), divalproex sodium (Depakote), carbamazepine (Tegretol, Equetro, others) and lamotrigine (Lamictal).

What are Mood Stabalizers?

200

Anxiolytics may cause these, including drowsiness or dizziness, low blood pressure, slowed breathing, and problems with memory.

What is Side Effects?

200

This type of Bipolar Disorder is defined by the person's experience of mostly manic symptoms.

What is Bipolar I Disorder?

200
These 2 medications are often used for opioid dependence
What are Methadone and Suboxone?
200
This is another term for Bipolar Disorder?
What is Manic Depressive Disorder?
300

Many of the medications in this common antidepressant category are also approved for use in anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

What is SSRIs?

300
Antipsychotic medications are often used to treat this type of psychotic disorder
What is Schizophrenia?
300

This type of Bipolar Disorder is defined by the person's mostly depressive symptoms.

What is Bipolar II Disorder?

300
This occurs when a member takes alcohol or opioids when they are on a drug prescribed for their addiction
What is Unpleasant side-effects?
300
These types of medications (SSRIs, SNRIs , Tricyclics, Tetracyclics, MAOIs) treat
What is Depression?
400

These medications treat anxiety quickly and can be habit-forming. Generally only prescribed for short-term use and not recommended for people with a history of substance misuse or addiction.

What are benzos?

400
Provide an example of an SSRI
What is Prozac, Celexa, Zoloft, Paxil, and Lexapro
400
This are the major types Atypical psychotropic side effects?
What is -Major weight gain -Changes in person’s metabolism (Can increase chance of getting Diabetes, high cholesterol, or hypertension)
400
Naltroxene treats these two types of substance abuse dependence
What is Alcohol and Opioid Dependence?
400
Member with memory problems can effect their medication usage in these two ways:
What is Forgetting to take meds, or take too much meds
500

Many medications may cause mild forms of these, which usually do not last long and will often resolve themselves. These may include headache, nausea, or sleep problems.

What are Side Effects?

500
Besides mood stabilizers, name the other 2 classes of medication that treat Bipolar Disorder
What is Antipsychotic and anticonvulsants
500

Because bipolar disorder is this, people must treat their illness for the rest of their lives in order to enjoy a more balanced, healthy life.

What is a chronic condition?

500
This synthetic medication blocks euphoric and sedating effects of opiates?
What is methadone?
500
Provide 2 examples of Medical Co-morbidity Considerations
What are: -Atypical anti-psychotics place members at risk for metabolic syndrome -Zyprexa should usually be avoided for members with diabetes -History of heart attack places members at high risk for depression -Hypothyroidism mimics symptoms of depression -Steroids such as Prednisone should be used cautiously in someone with bipolar disorder -Mood stabilizers and anti-psychotics can be dangerous during pregnancy
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