Antidepressants
Used not only to treat depression, but also anxiety disorders, phobias, and eating disorders.
What are Antidepressants?
Used to treat psychosis
What are antipsychotics?
What are blurred vision, difficulty breathing, and chest pain?
Mood stabilizers are used to treat this disorder
What is bipolar disorder?
These people are able to prescirbe psych medications
What are psychiatrists and PAs & NPs that have a special license?
Antidepressants impact these neurotransmitters
What are serotonin and noradrenaline?
This kind of antipsychotics can lead to weight gain, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar.
What are Atypical antipsychotics?
A common misconception about sleeping pills
Sleeping pills can help people fall asleep faster, but they don't necessarily improve the quality of sleep
Most commonly used to treat Bipolar disorder
What is lithtium?
Tool used to measure alcohol withdrawal on the Detox floor.
What is CIWA?
How quickly do antidepressants work when you take them daily?
What is 2-6 weeks?
How long it takes for them to be effective when taken by mouth (tablet) vs. IM?
What is a few hours vs. 1 hour?
The class these medications belong to- Diazepam, lorazepam, and alprazolam
What are benzodiazepines?
Another way mood stabilizers are used
Safety features in rooms
no locks on doors, no TVs in room, no wheels on the bed, all chairs attached to tables.
This can happen when you suddenly just stop taking antidepressants
Antipsychotics were previously knows as
What are neuroleptics, tranquilizers, and ataraxics?
Not allowed/ strongly recommended against doing when taking these kinds of medications
What is driving?
those who absolutely should not take valproate
What are pregnant women?
Difference between drug abuse and alcoholism
Different types of antidepressants
A chronic movement disorder that causes involuntary, repetitive movements in the body
What is Tardive Dyskensia?
Necessary in administering benzos to a patient in an inpatient setting.
What is Dual Verification?
imperative to continue getting lithium prescribed
What are blood tests?
Difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
schizophrenia involves psychosis, while schizoaffective disorder involves both mood disturbances and psychotic symptoms