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Medications
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What are psychiatric medications- a psychiatric medication is a drug that is taken to exert an effect on the chemical makeup of the brain and nervous system. Thus, these medications are used to treat mental illnesses.
What is the broad term for medications that are used in the treatment of mental health diagnoses?
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What is alcohol- drinking alcohol while taking medicines can intensify their effect. This includes increased drowsiness, dizziness, increased risk for overdose, slowed or difficulty breathing, impaired motor control, unusual behavior, memory problems, and depending on the type of medication (MAOIs) may result in serious heart-related side effects.
What can be potentially dangerous to mix with medications?
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What is an Anticonvulsant- anticonvulsants are drugs that prevent or reduce the severity and frequency of seizures in various types of epilepsy.
A medication that treats seizures is called what?
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What is an antipsychotic- antipsychotics are drugs that are used to treat symptoms such as delusions (for example, hearing voices), hallucinations, paranoia, or confused thoughts. They may be used in the treatment of schizophrenia, severe depression and anxiety. Antipsychotics may also useful at stabilizing episodes of mania in people with Bipolar Disorder.
What type of medication assists in the treatment of hallucinations or delusions?
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An SSRI stands for Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor and it works by enhancing the function of nerve cells in the brain that regulate emotions. Information is communicated between your brain cells with signals. The chemical messengers that deliver these signals are called neurotransmitters. Serotonin is one type of neurotransmitter.
What is an SSRI and what does it do?