Diagnosis/DSM5
Persistent unwanted thoughts causing marked anxiety. Causing an obsessions or prompting someone to repeat certain actions to neutralize the thought
What is OCD?
Imipramine, Sertraline, Citalopram
What are anti-depressants?
An exaggerated feeling of well-being or elations
What is euphoria?
Electric shock to the brain to induce a seizure
What is ECT?
A distinct period of abnormally elevated mood alternating with extremely low mood states that interferes with life functioning
What is bipolar disorder?
Most common medication used to treat Bipolar disorder
What is Lithium?
What is a panic attack?
When persons with similar mental illness gather to share & work through thoughts about their illness
What is group therapy?
A depressed mood nearly every day, markedly diminished pleasure in everything
What is Major Depressive Disorder
Diazepam, clonazepam, lorazepam
Hwat are benzodiazepines/anti-anxiety agents
Speech consist of a stream of accelerated thoughts with abrupt changes from topic to topic and no central direction
What is flight of ideas?
A therapy focusing on emotional and cognitive regulation in understanding triggers and using coping mechanisms to alter response
What is DBT?
Gathering and keeping possessions items in that it interferes with living space and causes distress and impairment in other functional life processes
What is hoarding disorder?
Parkinson life effects, rigidity, shuffling gate, tremors or dystonias, such as spasms in muscle groups
What are extrapyramidal effects or side effects of anti-psychotics?
Speech that conveys little information because of vagueness, empty repetitions, or stereotyped or obscure phrases
What is poverty of thought?
A therapy in which negative thought patterns are challenged in order to alter unwanted behaviours or treat mood disorders.
What is CBT