Psychiatric Meds
Disorders
Nursing Interventions
Drug Class
Psychiatric Terms
100

The most common class of drugs used to treat anxiety disorders

Benzodiazepines

100

This disorder is characterized by fear, panic, and overwhelming worry. 

Anxiety Disorder

100

This nurse knows that this Lithium level is toxic and can lead to death. 

1.5 mEq/L

100

These medications are used to treat patients with Schizophrenia. 

Antipsychotics

100

This term is used to describe having thoughts of suicide.

Suicidal ideations

200

This drug class must not be combined with any other psychiatric medications.  

MAOIs

200

This disorder is characterized by hallucinations and delusions. 

Schizophrenia

200

This nursing caring for a psychiatric patient experiencing alcohol withdrawal knows to monitor for what symptom that is treated with Benzodiazepines. 

Seizures

200

These medications are used to treat patients with ADHD that have no contraindications. 

Stimulants

200

This term is used to describe excessive amount and rate of speech with unrelated ideas. 

Flight of Ideas

300

This medication is used for the reversal of Benzodiazpines. 

Flumazenil (Romazicon)

300

This disorder is characterized by feelings of hopelessness, anhedonia, sadness lasting for more than 2 weeks. 

Major Depressive Disorder

300

The nurse caring for an alcoholic patient 6 hours after his last drink, knows to assess for this group of symptoms. 

Withdrawal symptoms

300

These medications are used to treat patients experiencing alcohol withdrawal. 

Benzodiazepines

300

This term is defined by a fixed false belief not based in reality. 

Delusion

400

This medication used commonly used to treat bipolar disorder requires serum level monitoring. 

Lithium 

400

This Cluster A disorder is characterized by odd behavior, "eccentric" distorted reality, suspiciousness, and difficulty with close relationships. 

Schizotypal Disorder

400

These precautions should be implemented for Schizophrenic patients based on the medications prescribed. 

Fall precautions 

400

The medications are used to treat depression, anxiety and bipolar disorders. 

Antidepressants

400

Name calling, belittling, screaming, yelling, destroying property, and making threats of violence describes this term. 

Psychological abuse

500

This condition is caused by toxicity of medications used to treat depression. 

Serotonin Syndrome

500

This Cluster B disorder is characterized by impulsivity, risk-taking behavior, fear of abandonment and unstable realtionships. 

Borderline Personality Disorder

500

To establish rapport with psychiatric patient the nurse asks these types of questions. 

Open-ended questions

500

This group of medications is used to treat bipolar disorder. 

Anticonvulsants

500

This word is used to describe talking slow and moving slow. 

Psychomotor Retardation