In this movement disorder, a delayed and persistent drug-induced movement disorder develops in about 10% of patients after chronic exposure to dopamine receptor blockers, which leads to hyperactive dopamine signaling.
What is tardive dyskinesia?
A positive symptom where the focus shifts to safety and an assessment of potential harm.
What are delusions?
The unnecessary details before circling back to the main topic.
What is circumstantiality?
The loss of motivation.
What is avolition?
These medications have been used since the 1950s. As a class, they are also effective in the treatment of acute agitation, bipolar mania, and other psychiatric conditions.
What are first generation antipsychotics (FGAs)?
This side effect predisposes patients to falls.
What is Orthostatic hypotension?
Asking the patient about what he or she is hearing rather than use this word.
What are hallucinations?
The endless wandering off topic.
What is tangentiality?
The decreased desire for, or comfort during, social interaction.
What is asociality?
Least expensive drugs but have a higher risk of EPS
What are FGAs?
This dangerous side effect is most associated with clozapine (Clozaril) but is possible with other antipsychotics. A fever and sore throat are hallmark signs.
What is agranulocytosis?
The use of role play to practice verbal and nonverbal skills for successful social interaction.
What is social skills training?
The nearly continuous flow of speech, abruptly changing from topic to topic.
What are flight of ideas?
The reduction in speech.
What is alogia, sometimes called poverty of speech?
Involuntary movements including sucking/smacking of lips and jaw.
What is tardive dyskinesia?
This side effect warrants discontinuation of the drug immediately.
What is agranulocystosis?
Recent research funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health to develop and test a coordinated specialty care intervention for patients with early psychosis.
What is the RAISE approach?
Stringing of similar sounding words.
What is clang association?
A decreased interest in, or attention to, activities or beliefs that would otherwise be interesting or important.
What is apathy?
This treats both positive and negative symptoms.
What are second generation antipsychotics (SGAs)?
This drug class is less likely to cause significant EPS.
What are SGAs?
A thought-process disorder characterized by a lack of connection between ideas. The nurse should place difficulty in understanding in yourself not the patient.
What is associative looseness?
Intense speech, difficult to interrupt.
What is pressured speech?
The reduced ability or inability to experience pleasure in everyday life.
What is anhedonia?
A potential fatal disorder in which the client's white blood cell count (WBC) drops to extremely low levels, placing the client at great risk for infections.
What is agranulocytosis?