Disorders
Depression that occurs during the winter months when there is less sunshine.
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
Main neurotransmitters involved in Major Depressive Disorder.
Three potential anticholinergic effects of taking a TCA medication.
What are constipation, dry mouth, and urine retention?
Non pharmacological treatment that transmits a brief electrical stimulation to a patients brain. Contraindicated with cardiac disease or history of brain tumor/brain injury.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)?
This SSRI antidepressant rhymes with the girl from AMAZON we give directives to.
What is Celexa when giving directives to Alexa?
A milder form of depression that usually has an early onset in (childhood or adolescence” and lasts at least 2 years.
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)?
Trade names for the following medications:
fluoxetine, duloxetine, venlafaxine
What are Prozac, Cymbalta, Effexor?
Herbal supplement that should be avoided while taking antidepressant medications.
What is St. John’s Wort?
This nonpharmacological treatment of depression can be free and utilized to increase neurotransmitters, improve cognition, and the ability to deal with stress.
What is Exercise?
This SNRI antidepressant rhymes with a descriptive word that means “one of a kind”.
What is Pristiq and the word Unique.
Depression that happens after a woman goes through childbirth. Onset usually 4 weeks after childbirth.
What is Postpartum Depression?
Caused by too much serotonin in the brain.
Double points for identifying antidote for treatment.
What is Serotonin Syndrome?
What is Cyproheptadine?
Antidote for a TCA overdose.
What is sodium bicarbonate?
This non-pharmacological treatment uses electromagnetic stimulation to stimulate focal areas of the cerebral cortex.
What is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)?
This SSRI antidepressant rhymes with this world famous burger.
What is Prozac that rhymes with Big Mac.
Depressive disorder associated with depressed mood, excessive anxiety, mood swings, and decreased interest in activities during the week before menses and improving shortly after the onset of menstruation.
What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)?
What is Suicide?
Depression medication that can also help with smoking cessation.
What is Wellbutrin/Zyban- bupropion?
Muscle relaxants are given during this treatment to decrease seizure activity and decrease potential for injury.
What is ECT?
This Tricyclic Antidepressants rhymes with the name of the white things bowlers try to knock down at the end of the bowling lane.
What is Doxepin and bowlers knock down Pins?
Symptoms that make up the acronym SIGECAPS of Major Depressive Disorder. Patients will have 5 of these symptoms for 2 weeks for a diagnosis of (MDD).
What are:
S: Sleep disturbances, I: Interest decreased, G: Guilt, E: Energy low, C: Concentration impaired, A: Appetite disturbance, P: Psychomotor changes, S: Suicidal ideation
The 3 ”S’s“ of SSRI medications.
What are Serotonin Syndrome, Sexual Dysfunction, Stomach Issues?
Tyramine containing foods such as aged cheese, smoked meats, chocolate, caffeinated beverages, beer, and wine should be avoided when taking this class of medications?
What are MAOI’s?
4 Effective Suicide Precaution Measures.
What are: remove sharp objects, keep medications out of reach, initiate 1:1 sitter/supervision, remove objects that can be used for strangulation?
This MAOI antidepressant rhymes with the special shoe with wheels that a person might wear.