Mental Health Act
A family can request this form from a Justice on the Peace if they believe that the person is a danger to themselves or others.
What is a Form 2?
Blocks the reuptake of serotonin, allowing serotonin to stay longer in the synaptic cleft. Increases serotonin activity at the receptor sites -> thus improving mood, anxiety, and emotional regulation.
What are SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)?
An exaggerated, false belief in one’s own superior importance, talent, power, knowledge, or identity, often featuring delusions of being famous, wealthy, or having a divine mission.
What are Grandiose Delusions?
Wandering from the topic and never returning to it or providing the information requested.
What is tangential?
Belief that they have special powers or that their thoughts can directly control events.
What is Magical Thinking?
Notice to person that explains they have to been brought to hospital on a Form 1 and the reasons why.
What is a Form 42?
Inhibits the enzyme monoamine oxidase which normally breaks down serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. By blocking BOA, these transmitters increase and remain active longer a receptor sites.
What are MAOIs (Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors)?
The belief that one is being conspired against, spied on, followed, poisoned, or harassed.
What are Persecutory Delusions?
A communication pattern marked by excessive, unnecessary details and digressions before eventually returning to the main point.
What is circumstantial?
A belief that ones thoughts are being transmitted, broadcast, or made audible to others.
What is Thought Broadcasting?
Certificate of Involuntary admission - completed when a patient is admitted involuntarily. This expires after 2 weeks less a day.
What a Form 3?
Medical emergency causes by excessive activation of serotonin receptors. Characterized by elevated temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, restlessness, rigidity, muscles spasms, abdominal pain, and altered mental status.
What is Serotonin Syndrome?
The unshakable belief that one's spouse or sexual partner is unfaithful.
What are Jealous Delusions?
The expression of rapidly shifting thoughts that are barely associated with each other.
What is Flight of Ideas?
Belief one's thoughts are not their own but rather implanted into their minds by an external force.
What is Thought Insertion?
Certificate a physician completes when a patient is found incapable of managing their own property or finances.
What is a Form 21?
Blocks dopamine receptors (widely) in the brain, thus reducing excessive dopamine activity, which helps treat hallucinations, delusions, agitation, and etc.
*Has increased movement related side effects.
What are Typical Antipsychotics? (1st Gen)
Beliefs involving bodily functions, sensations, or appearance, such as thinking one has a severe, undiagnosed medical condition or that their body is changing.
What are Somatic Delusions?
A severe thought disorder, where there is no connection between the ideas, the shifts in ideas is often abrupt and makes it hard to follow the progression.
What is Loosening of Associations?
Belief that they are being maliciously targeted, harmed, or conspired against.
What is Paranoid Ideation?
This Ontario tribunal holds a hearing to review whether a person must remain an involuntary patient under the Mental Health Act.
What is a Consent and Capacity Board?
Life threatening medical emergency- characterized by high fever, change in LOC, severe muscle rigidity (lead-piping), increased BP & RR. Caused by excessive dopamine receptor blockage.
What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)?
The false belief that another person, often of higher status or a celebrity, is in love with them.
What is Erotomanic Delusion?
Involves making up new words that have meaning only to the speaker.
What is Neologism?
A philosophical, cognitive, or emotional belief that life is inherently meaningless, valueless, or pointless.
What is Nihilistic?