PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG CLASSES
SIDE EFFECTS
DISORDERS
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS
SYMPTOMS
100
PROZAC
What is a SSRI?
100
Motor inner driven restless (tapping foot incessantly, rocking in chair)
What is akathisia?
100

Mood which lasts at least 2 weeks and is accompanied with symptoms such as weight loss and difficulty concentrating.

What is depression?

100
Nurse mirrors patient's overt and covert message with use of patient's key words.
What is restating?
100
Feeling helpless, hopeless, worthless is common to what type of disorders?
What are mood disorders?
200
Need to be concerned with dietary interactions, including cheeses, and wine.
What are MAOIs?
200

Symptoms of dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention, and constipation are caused by this.

What is anticholinergic effect

200

Disorder which involves lability in mood from depression to hypo-mania or mania.

What is bipolar disorder?

200
Technique used to relieve stress in body by envisioning images that are calming and health enhancing.
What is Guided Imagery?
200
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?
300
Class of drugs used to address both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
What are atypical anti-psychotics?
300

Serious condition that occurs with interactions between foods or other drugs with MAOIs.

What is a hypertensive crisis?

300
Characterized by unstable, intense relationships, impulsivity, rapid mood shifts, self-mutilation, fear of abandonment, splitting, and anger.
What is border line personality disorder?
300
Involves a physical and social setting that focuses on effecting positive change.
What is therapeutic milieu?
300
Auditory hallucinations are this type of symptom in schizophrenia.
What is a positive symptom?
400
Drugs which are used for seizure disorders and psychiatric disorders, especially for bipolar disorder.
What are mood stabilizers?
400

Serious and irreversible side effects which involve involuntary tonic muscle spasms involving tongue, fingers, toes, neck, trunk, or pelvis.

What is tardive dyskinesia?

400
Characterized by presence of one or more symptoms suggestive of neurological disorder that cannot be explained by medical cause. Stress or conflict are associated with onset of symptoms.
What is conversion disorder?
400
Staff meetings and treatment plan are used to maintain control and minimize manipulation by a patient experiencing acute mania. The goal is to provide this for the patient.
What is consistency?
400
A patient with schizophrenia is withdrawn, lacks energy, and feels guilty. He displays this type of symptom.
What is a negative symptom?
500
Drugs which address schizophrenia's positive symptoms only.
What are typical anti-psychotics?
500
A rare but potentially fatal syndrome involving muscle rigidity, fever, and elevated WBC's.
What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome?
500
Involves a history of many physical complaints before age 30 that occur over years and impair social, occupational, or other functioning.
What is somatization disorder?
500
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?
500
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?
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