This medication is a mood stabilizer that is commonly used for treatment of bipolar disorder.
What is lithium?
100
These biochemicals in excess are considered to be a predisposing factor for bipolar disorder.
What is norepinephrine and dopamine?
100
A bipolar goes on an excessive spending spree represents a symptom of this.
What is symptom of mania?
100
This treatment modality involves meeting together with several other individuals, including a professional, to help cope and to understand bipolar disorder.
What is group therapy?
100
characterized by one or more periods of mania and major depression, occurs several times, more than 90% of people who have a manic episode will have future episodes
What is BiPolar I Disorder
200
This class of medications would be used for patients with bipolar who are experiencing seizures.
What are anticonvulsants?
200
This is a strong biological implication for developing bipolar disorder.
What is heredity?
200
These are beliefs in things that are not true and can occur in mania.
What are delusions?
200
This treatment modality involves meeting together with relatives and a professional, to help cope and to understand bipolar disorder.
What is family therapy?
200
characterized by periods of hypomania and major depression, has never met criteria for full manic episode, these episodes are as severe as episode I
What is BiPolar II disorder
300
This class of medications should be used with caution because they may trigger mania.
What are antidepressants?
300
These are two physiological influences on developing bipolar disorder.
What are brain lesions and medication side effects(steroids).
300
This constitutes at least a two-week period with continuous feelings of sadness and loss of pleasure.
What is a depressive episode?
300
This treatment modality involves a tiny electrical current applied to the patient's brain through electrodes.
What is electroconvulsive therapy?
300
Symptoms of this type include rapidly alternating moods, both mania and depression symptoms, and cycled of at least four times per year
What is BiPolar Disorder rapid cycling
400
Symptoms such as blurred vision, ataxia, tinnitus, persistent and vomiting and sever diarrhea would indicate what?
What is lithium toxicity?
400
Name two other causes for BiPolar disorder
What is general medical condition and substance induced
400
Name at least two symptoms of the depression state in bipolar disorder.
What is decreased energy level, or feelings of guilt and worthlessness, or hopelessness and pessimism or difficulty with thinking and making decisions.
400
A patient can take one of these by mouth for treatment for bipolar disorder.
What is medication?
400
symptoms include mild hypomania, mild depression, chronic mood disturbance, and periods of elation and dysphoria
What is Cyclothymic disorder
500
Name one example of an important teaching point related to the use of Lithium.
What is drink 6-8 glasses of water per day or do not skip on dietary sodium, or notify physician of nausea and vomiting or take medication regularly or limit caffeine.
500
Rose's husband's family owns this restaurant
What is The Hubbel House
500
This can reflect the onset of symptoms.
What is a seasonal pattern?
500
The goal of this treatment modality is to identify and change the patient's negative generalizations and expectations to hopefully reduce symptoms of bipolar disorder.
What is cognitive therapy?
500
In this type Pt. may return to normal functioning between episodes