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Antipsychotics
Antidepressants
Side Effects
Anxiolytics
Mood Stabilizers
100
Used mainly in the treatment of these disorders
What is schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, psychosis
100
Name two antidepressants
What is zoloft, paxil, celexa, laxapro, effexor, cymbalta, wellbutrin, elavil
100
Most common side effects.
Upset stomach, dry mouth, and drowsiness.
100
This drug class is considered first line of treatment in anxiety disorders
SSRIs
100
This medication is the drug of choice for the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder.
Lithium
200
Weight gain and metabolic syndrome are commonly seen in these anti-psychotics.
What is second generation or atypical anti-psychotics.
200
How long does it take for antidepressants to start having an effect?
What is 2-4 weeks
200
What happens when a person taking psychotropic medications drinks alcohol?
Additional CNS depression (feeling sleepy, slurred speech, slow breathing, slowed reflexes).
200
This class of anxiety medication can cause dependency
Benzodiazepines.
200
Why is it important to take these medications on a regular basis?
To prevent the symptoms of mania or depression from returning or getting worse.
300
These medications help manage delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, and bizarre behavior, which are classified as these kind of target symptoms.
What is positive symptoms
300
What do antidepressants attempt to fix?
They try to correct the imbalances in neurotransmitters (norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine).
300
What blood pressure change happens when a person stands up quickly and can be a side effect of anti-depressants and anti-psychotic medications?
Orthostatic Hypotension
300
Benzodiazepines are often used to manage withdrawal symptoms from this substance.
Alcohol.
300
In addition to treating mood disorders, valproic acid; lamotrigine; and gabapentin are also in this other drug class
Anticonvulsants
400
These negative symptoms are successfully treated with atypical anti-psychotics
What is affect flattening, apathy, and attention impairment
400
When a person begins medication, what symptoms improve before the depressed mood?
Energy levels and the ability to take action (make decisions)
400
Name one of the anticholinergic side effects.
Increase heart rate, constipation, dry mouth, blurry vision, urinary retention
400
These classes of drugs are used off label to treat anxiety through the blocking of peripheral or central nonadrenergic activity.
Beta blockers and alpha-2 receptor agonists (propranolol and clonidine).
400
This is the target serum lithium level for acute mania.
0.8-1.0
500
There is an increased risk of agranulocytosis when taking this medication.
What is Clozaril (clozapine).
500
Name 4 classes of antidepressants
MAOIs, TCAs, SSRIs, SNRIs
500
What is a drug-caused movement disorder with late onset that can be permanent?
Tardive dyskinesia
500
What medication binds to serotonin and dopamine D2 receptors?
buspirone
500
What is the target serum lithium level for maintenance therapy?
0.6-0.8