Indications
Adverse Effects
Neurotransmitters
CNS
Miscellaneous
100

This class of drugs are primarily used to treat depression and anxiety.

What are antidepressants?

100

This type of crisis occurs when consuming tyramine with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

What is hypertensive?

100

This neurotransmitter is primarily involved in the fight-or-flight response.

What is epinephrine?

100

A pathway connecting the two brain hemispheres to coordinate their functions.

What is the corpus callosum?

100

A fixed false belief not based in reality.

What is a delusion?

200

This class of drugs is primarily used to treat those with bipolar disorder.

What are mood-stabilizers?

200

A syndrome defined by obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia from taking antipsychotic medications.

What is metabolic syndrome?

200
The primary neurotransmitter involved in psychosis, Schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease.

What is dopamine?

200

Abnormalities in this brain area may result in schizophrenia, ADHD, and dementia.

What is the frontal lobe?

200

An outward expression of the client's emotional state.

What is affect?

300

This class of drugs treats alcohol withdrawal by acting on this neurotransmitter.

What is GABA?

300

A syndrome from taking antipsychotic medications resulting in muscle rigidity, a high fever, delirium, and unstable blood pressure.

What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome?

300

Derived from tryptophan and involved in the control of food intake, pain control, and sexual behaviors.

What is serotonin?

300
This brain structure contains vital centers for respiration and cardiovascular functions.

What is the medulla?

300

A deliberate shift from institutional care in state hospitals to community facilities.

What is deinstitutionalization?

400

This class of drugs treat severe and persistent mental health disorders, such as schizophrenia and mania by balancing dopamine.

What are antipsychotics?

400

Irreversible involuntary movements of the tongue, neck, and extremities that occur when taking this class of medications.

What are antipsychotics?

400

Too much of this neurotransmitter may result in a stroke and considered neurotoxic at high levels.

What is glutamate?

400

This brain area is responsible for movement coordination and postural adjustments.

What is the cerebellum?

400

This term describes inventing words that have meaning only for the client.

What is neologisms?

500

This medication produces specific desired reactions when consumed with alcohol.

What is Disulfiram (Antabuse)?

500

Dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, and urinary retention occur when antagonizing this neurotransmitter.

What is acetylcholine?

500

Antagonizing this neurotransmitter results in weight gain, sedation, and hypotension.

What is histamine?

500

Area of the brain that includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala.

What is the limbic system?

500

This nursing theorist developed the concept of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship.

Who is Hildegard Peplau?

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