Psych Meds
This SSRI is commonly the first-line medication for depression and anxiety and is known for having fewer drug interactions than many antidepressants.
What is Sertraline?
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest, and changes in sleep or appetite lasting at least two weeks.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This coping strategy involves slow breathing and focusing attention on the present moment.
What is Mindfulness?
This condition involves severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms including tremor, agitation, hallucinations, and autonomic instability.
What is Delirium Tremens?
This neurotransmitter is strongly associated with reward and addiction pathways.
What is Dopamine?
This mood stabilizer requires monitoring of kidney and thyroid function.
What is Lithium?
This anxiety disorder involves recurrent panic attacks and persistent worry about future attacks.
What is Panic Disorder?
This coping strategy encourages patients to go for a walk, stretch, or engage in physical activity to reduce stress and improve mood.
What is Exercise?
First-line medications used to treat acute alcohol withdrawal.
What are Benzodiazepines?
This neurotransmitter is most closely linked to mood regulation and targeted by SSRIs.
What is Serotonin?
This antipsychotic medication is most associated with agranulocytosis and requires regular blood monitoring.
What is Clozapine?
This disorder involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors performed to reduce anxiety.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
This grounding technique asks patients to name 5 things they see, 4 they feel, 3 they hear, 2 they smell, and 1 they taste.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
This life-threatening reaction to antipsychotics causes fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, and elevated CK.
What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome?
This brain region is primarily involved in fear processing and emotional memory.
What is the Amygdala?
This medication class treats ADHD and works primarily by increasing dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain.
What are Stimulants?
This disorder includes symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, and negative symptoms lasting at least 6 months.
What is Schizophrenia?
This coping skill involves writing down thoughts and emotions to help process feelings and identify patterns in mood or behavior.
What is Journaling?
This syndrome results from excessive serotonergic activity and can cause clonus, hyperreflexia, and hyperthermia.
What is Serotonin Syndrome?
This brain region is responsible for executive functioning and decision making.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
This antidepressant is commonly used for smoking cessation and lowers the seizure threshold.
What is Bupropion?
This personality disorder is characterized by instability in relationships, self-image, and affect along with impulsivity.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
This coping technique teaches patients to identify triggers, warning signs, and strategies to prevent relapse in substance use or mental health conditions.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
This emergency occurs when a patient expresses thoughts of wanting to end their life and requires immediate safety assessment.
What is Suicidal Ideation?
This disorder involves degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra.
What is Parkinson’s Disease?