Medications
What is a SSRI? Name 3 common SSRIs
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: Celexa (citalopram), Lexapro (escitalopram), Luvox (fluvoxamine), Paxil (paroxetine), Prozac (fluoxetine), and Zoloft (sertraline)
What is the difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder?
Schizoaffective is schizophrenia plus a mood disorder (ex: depression, bipolar)
True or False: Most people who commit suicide tell someone before hand
True
An emotional state, unpredictable, unstable, with rapid mood swings.
Labile
What is EPS?
Extrapyramidal Symptoms: movement disorders caused by medications, most often antipsychotics, that affect the motor system
What antidepressant can also help with chronic pain?
Cymbalta (duloxetine)
This mental health condition is characterized by periods of a week or longer, with elevated mood, high energy and decreased need for sleep, sometimes followed by bouts of depression.
Bipolar I
Can a patient take both a mood stabilizer and antipsychotic?
Yes, it's common to use both in treatment of more severe cases (psychosis, schizophrenia, etc.)
A mental health symptom characterized by the inability to experience pleasure or joy from activities that were once enjoyable.
Anhedonia
Chronic, involuntary, and repetitive movements, often affecting the face and mouth, such as lip-smacking or tongue-thrusting. Is it parkinsonism, akathisia, dystonia or tardive dyskinesia?
Tardive Dyskinesia
Name a medication that can be used for mood stabilization, seizures and nerve pain.
Gabapentin (neurotin)
Name two possible causes of Delirium
Infections (UTI), medications, surgery, severe pain, dehydration, sleep deprivation, withdrawal from substances like alcohol or certain drugs, changes in environment, electrolyte imbalances
Firmly held false beliefs that are not based in reality are called____.
Delusions
A thought disturbance where speech constantly goes to irrelevant topics and fails to return to the original point of conversation.
Tangential
Acute muscle stiffness or spasms, including forced eye movements (oculogyric crisis). Is it parkinsonism, akathisia, dystonia or tardive dyskinesia?
Dystonia
Name two mood stabilizers that are also a seizure medication (not Benzos)
Lamictal (Lamotrigine), Trileptal (Oxcarbazepine), Depakote (Divalproex sodium), Tegretol (Carbamazepine), Topamax (Topiramate), Neurontin (Gabapentin)
Name two differences between Bipolar I & Bipolar II.
Bipolar I- Mania, not always depression, treat with mood stabilizers, Bipolar 2- hypomania, always depression, treat with antidepressants
What is the difference between self harm & a suicide attempt?
The intent. SH (self harm) is a deliberate injury without intent to commit suicide.
Characterized by a rapid flow of speech with abrupt changes from one topic to another, often linked by loose associations or wordplay.
Flight-of-ideas
Symptoms that resemble Parkinson's disease, such as slow movement, stiffness, and tremors.
Parkinsonism
What is the difference between Buspirone & Buproprion?
Buspirone (BuSpar): anxiolytic medication. Treats generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
Buproprion (Wellbutrin): atypical antidepressant- increases norepinephrine and dopamine. Treats depression, SAD (seasonal affect disorder), smoking cessation
This personality disorder is characterized by difficulty with relationships, intense anger, fear of abandonment, rapid mood changes, and self-destructive behaviors including self harm.
BPD- Borderline Personality Disorder
This mental health symptom has many causes and consists of hallucinations & delusions. Name two possible causes.
Psychosis: postpartum, drug/medication induced, alcohol abuse, trauma induced, sleep deprivation, brain injuries, certain illnesses
A sudden interruption in a person's flow of thinking, leaving speech incomplete, after which the person may be unable to recall what they were saying.
Thought Blocking
A feeling of inner restlessness, which may cause a patient to be unable to sit still and lead to repetitive movements like marching or foot-tapping. Is it parkinsonism, akathisia, dystonia or tardive dyskinesia?
Akathisia