Depressive Disorders
Hyperactivity, tachycardia, fever, elevated blood pressure are associated with this syndrome.
What is serotonin syndrome
Approximate time that it takes for benzodiazepine to work
What is 30-60 minutes
Name at least three Patients’ Rights Under the Law
•Right to Treatment
•Right to Refuse Treatment
•Right to Informed Consent
•Rights Regarding Psychiatric Advance Directives
•Rights Regarding Restraint and Seclusion
•Rights Regarding Confidentiality
•Failure to Protect Patients
This neurotransmitter stimulates the sympathetic nervous system for “fight or flight” in response to stress and its increase is associated with
•Mania
•Anxiety
Schizophrenia
What is NE
What two classes of antidepressants have an increased risk of being lethal (Lethal overdose)?
What is MAOIs and TCAs
Name foods that contain tyramines. What antidepressant can not be taken with tyramines?
What is meats, cheese, beer, wine, chocolate, fermented vegetables (table 14.7 page 261). What is MAOIs
This level of anxiety is good for test taking
What is mild
What is the black-box warning related to all antidepressant medications
What is an increased risk of suicidal ideation- specifically in people under the age of 25
This neurotransmitter has anticonvulsant and muscle-relaxing properties, and its decrease is associated with
•Anxiety
•Schizophrenia
•Mania
•Huntington’s Disease
What is GABA
This term means the nurse has the duty to distribute resources or care equally, regardless of personal attributes.
What is justice
•Female gender
•Adverse childhood experiences
•Stressful life events
•First-degree family member with MDD
•Neuroticism (negative personality characterized by envy, etc.
•Substance use
•Chronic medical conditions
The process of exposing the patient to a large amount of an undesirable stimulus in an effort to extinguish the response in OCD
What is flooding
What is the black-box warning associated with Carbamazepine which is sometimes prescribed to treat acute mania?
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Decreased levels of these three neurotransmitters are associated with Depression
NE, DA, 5HT
This neurotransmitter stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system for “rest and digest” and its increase is associated with
•Depression
What is ACh
During the first two weeks of starting or changing the dose of an antidepressant the nurse is aware to monitor for this condition.
What is increase in suicidal thinking/suicidal risk.
Thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur so that they cannot be dismissed from the mind even though the individual attempts to do so.
What are obsessions
What is the black-box warning associated with Valproate which is FDA approved to treat acute mania?
What is hepatotoxicity and teratogenicity
This neurotransmitter is involved in fine motor movement and its increase is associated with
•Schizophrenia
•Mania
What is DA
What second generation antipsychotic is FDA approved for treatment resistant schizophrenia?
What is Clozapine/Clozaril
The time for therapeutic response for antidepressants
What is 4-6 weeks, up to 8 weeks.
What medication should the nurse anticipate administering to a patient experiencing benzodiazepine toxicity?
What is Flumazenil
Involuntary commitment criteria and the legal standards under which the court decides whether admission is necessary
•Diagnosed with mental illness
•Posing a danger to self or others
•Gravely disabled (unable to provide for basic necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter)
•In need of treatment and the mental illness itself prevents voluntary help-seeking
This neurotransmitter has an excitatory effect on nerve cells and its decrease is associated with psychosis
What is GLU
What is a therapeutic Valproate/Depakote level in treating a manic episode?
What is 50-125