PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
A monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) used in the treatment for anxiety disorders
What is Phenelzine (Nardil)?
Motor inner driven restless (tapping foot incessantly, rocking in chair)
What is akathisia?
Mood which lasts at least 2 weeks and is accompanied with symptoms such as weight loss and difficulty concentrating.
What is depression?
Goal of therapy is that the client will be able to tolerate a greater and greater level of the stimulus until anxiety no longer interferes with functioning.
What is systematic desensitization?
Feeling helpless, hopeless, worthless is common to what type of disorders?
What are mood disorders?
Antiepileptic medication used in the treatment of Bipolar disorder
What is Lamotrigine (Lamictal)?
Withdrawal symptoms include vivid and unpleasant dreams; insomnia or hypersomnia; depressive symptoms that include suicidal ideation for several days. No pharmacologic treatment for withdrawal.
What cocaine (stimulants)?
Disorder which involves labiality in mood from depression to hypo-mania or mania.
What is bipolar disorder?
Technique used to by client to say "stop" in their mind when negative thoughts or compulsive behaviors arise
What is thought stopping?
Non-stop physical activity and lack of sleep and food can lead to physical exhaustion and if death if not treated. This is an emergency situation.
What is manic behavior?
Mood stabilizer medication used in the treatment of bipolar disorder
What are atypical anti-psychotics?
Three types of grieving that may lead to impaired grieving risks
What are anticipatory; dysfunctional and disenfranchised grief?
Characterized by unstable, intense relationships, impulsivity, rapid mood shifts, self-mutilation, fear of abandonment, splitting, and anger.
What is border line personality disorder?
Healthy defense mechanisms include
What is altruism, sublimation, humor and suppression?
Auditory hallucinations are this type of symptom in schizophrenia.
What is a positive symptom?
Atypical Antipsychotic medication primarily prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia
What is Risperidone (Risperdal)?
Client outcome for one experiencing panic/phase 4 level of crisis
What is client returns to precrisis level of functioning; able to make decisions between two or more options and/or able to manage anxiety with relaxation techniques?
Risk factors include a combination of genetic and non-genetic factors: injury at birth; brain structure abnormalities; males in urban areas and typical onset late teens to early twenties.
What is Schizophrenia?
Name three therapeutic procedures used for patients with depression
What are electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS therapy system)?
A patient with schizophrenia is withdrawn, lacks energy, and feels guilty. He displays this type of symptom.
What is a negative symptom?
A daily oral medication that is a type of aversion (behavioral) therapy used to aid in alcohol abstinence maintenance
What is Disulfiram (Antabuse)?
A rare but potentially fatal syndrome involving muscle rigidity, fever, and elevated WBC's.
What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome?
Client exhibits uncontrollable, excessive worry for more than 6 months
What is Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
Discuss: possible interventions
When a patient is acting out on a unit with verbal and/or physical aggressiveness, this is a priority.
What is safety for patient and others?
A patient with schizophrenia may have grandiose or persecutory thoughts. He/she may be concerned about thought broadcasting, insertion, or withdrawal. This patient is experiencing a positive symptom.
What is a delusion?