Medications
This type of antidepressant is prescribed most often due to it's low incidence of side effects.
What are SSRI's?
This type of anxiety is a learned response to an anticipated event.
What is signal anxiety?
This is a severe form of alcohol withdrawal that occurs 48 hours to 10 days after the last drink where the person exhibits delirium and hallucinations.
What is the delirium tremens? (Dt"s
This theory regarding mood disorders view depression as a group of learned responses.
What is behaviorist theory?
This antianxiety medication is used to treat social phobia, exam stress and can reduce palpitations.
What are beta-blockers (metroprolol)?
This theory about suicide views suicide as the outcome of a failure to work with or resolve interpersonal conflicts.
What is the interpersonal theory?
This type of antidepressants can produce severe CNS depression when they interact with barbiturates, some anticonvulsants and alcohol.
What are tricyclic antidepressants?
When elderly patients physically express their feelings of anxiety through headaches and nausea, it is known as....
What is somatization?
This is a CNS stimulant that you can buy at the supermarket.
This is a daily moderate depression that lasts for more than 2 years.
What is dysthymia?
This antianxiety medication does not cause sleepiness or muscle relaxation and belongs to the chemical class of azapirones.
What is buspirone (Buspar)?
This is the first priority of care for a suicidal patient.
What is to protect from harm?
This antianxiety medication causes thick bronchial secretions and drowsiness.
What is antihistamines?
This type of anxiety disorder is broad, long-lasting, excessive and is when people are worried and anxious more often than not.
What is GAD?
In this stage of addiction, a desire to repeat the first pleasurable experiences leads to a frequent pattern of use.
What is early stage of addiction?
This mood disorder is treated with daily exposure to full-spectrum light.
What is seasonal affective disorder?
This medication is used to treat anxiety but is also used to treat seizures and neuropathic pain.
What is Lyrica (pregabalin)?
This is a verbal or written expression of intent without actual actions.
What is suicidal threats?
Severe toxicity of this medication will cause fasciculations, decreased LOC, oliguria and nystagmus.
What is lithium toxicity?
With this type of anxiety, people avoid places or events or possible situations in which a panic attack may occur.
What is agoraphobia?
These substances are CNS depressants which can occur naturally or synthetically.
What are opiates or narcotics?
The goal of this phase of treatment for mood disorders is to prevent relapses and usually lasts 4 to 9 months.
What is the continuation phase?
This antianxiety medication may cause drowsiness, uncoordinated movements, and slurred speech.
What are benzodiazepines?
Actions that result in little or no injury, but communicate the message of suicidal intent.
What are suicidal gestures?
When this type of antidepressant is combined with tyramine, it can lead to a hypertensive crisis.
What is MAOI antidepressents?
This is the term for a distressing persistent thought that is reoccurring and inappropriate.
What is obsession?
This drug causes the decrease in the flow of saliva resulting in rotten, brown and abscessed teeth.
What is methamphetamine?
People with this disorder have emotional swings that are less intense than those of bipolar disorder.
What is cyclothymic disorder?
This side effect of this antimania medication is edema, hypothyroidism and polyuria.
What is lithium?
This level of suicidal behavior has unsuccessful attempts with a low likelihood of success.
What are parasuicidal behaviors?