Help Someone
Focus On The Good
Strive For Progress,
Not Perfection
Not Perfection
Open Your Mind
Before Your Mouth
Before Your Mouth
Treat Others The Way
You Want To Be Treated
You Want To Be Treated
100
An antidepressant treats:
a) hallucinations
b) fear
c) anxiety
d) sadness
d) sadness
100
A false belief is a:
a) dream
b) lie
c) memory
d) delusion
d) delusion
100
A paranoid person:
a) distrusts people
b) loves people
c) is always on drugs
d) has highs and lows
a) distrusts people
100
What is not a symptom of anxiety:
a) irritability
b) tense muscles
c) trouble concentrating
d) not caring anymore
d) not caring anymore
100
If medicine upsets your stomach:
a) take Mylanta with every dose
b) take it with food or milk
c) give it to your enemy
d) break the pill in half so it digests faster
b) take it with food or milk
200
Possible side effects of psychotropic drugs include all but:
a) change in appetite
b) fatigue
c) decreased sleep
d) redness of the eyes
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relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state.
"a psychotropic drug"d) redness of the eyes
200
Which is better?
a) medicine
b) coping skills
c) neither is helpful
d) both can be equally helpful
d) both can be equally helpful
200
Drinking alcohol while on medication is:
a) helpful with antidepressant meds
b) helpful with antianxiety meds
c) dangerous
d) helpful for sleep
c) dangerous
200
Can mental illness be inherited?
a) only between siblings
b) never
c) sometimes
d) only from mother to daughter or father to son
c) sometimes
200
If your medication keeps you awake:
a) only take it when you are sleepy
b) take it with sleepy time tea
c) take it when you need to study or stay up to watch TV
d) ask if it is ok to take it in the morning
d) ask if it is ok to take it in the morning
300
It is important to wear sunscreen with some anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications.
True or False
TRUE
*sertraline - zolofy
*fluoxetine - prozac
300
Support groups like AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) help because:
a) people with similar problems help each other
b) nurses and doctors help patients
c) social workers and counselors help patients
d) they often have parties
a) people with similar problems help each other
300
If you become pregnant while taking meds:
a) continue the med
b) stop the med
c) tell your doctor ASAP
d) take prenatal vitamins
c) tell your doctor ASAP
300
The best thing for dry mouth is:
a) soda pop
b) bubble gum
c) chocolate candy bar
d) sugarless hard candy
d) sugarless hard candy
300
If medicine makes you drowsy:
a) drive your car slowly
b) do not drive
c) proceed as usual, the drowsiness will go away soon
d) ask your doctor or nurse if you can take it only on days you do not drive
b) do not drive
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may go away over time
ask for an alternative medication
400
A therapeutic blood level of medicine means:
a) too little
b) too much
c) the right amount
d) you need therapy
???blood, urine, both???
c) the right amount
(blood)
400
A side effect of some antipsychotic medication is:
a) muscle stiffness
b) hearing voices
c) seeing visions
d) stuffy nose
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Common examples of psychosis include the following:
- Hallucinations. These are when you see, hear or feel things that other people don't.
- Delusions. These are beliefs that are not based on reality. *Parasitosis*
a) muscle stiffness
example - Abilify (aripiprazole)
400
A toxic blood level of medicine means:
a) too little
b) too much
c) just the right amount
d) none in your blood
b) too much
400
A person with bipolar disorder suffers from:
a) inherited alcoholism
b) extreme highs and lows
c) halitosis
d) two personalities
extreme highs and lows
400
Who can prescribe medicine:
a) nurse practitioner
b) therapist
c) neither
d) both
a) nurse practitioner
500
Psychotropic medicines affect:
a) brain chemicals
b) stomach enzymes
c) blood gasses
d) bones
a) brain chemicals
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psycho = mentally unstable
500
If you are running low on medicine:
a) take it every other day until you get a refill
b) cut your pills in half until you get a refill
c) look at the bottle to see if you have a refill available
d) call the prescriber when you have about a week supply if you do not have a refill
e) both c and d
e) both c and d
500
Which tests electrical activity in the brain:
a) ultrasound
b) EKG
c) stethoscope
d) otoscope
b) EKG
500
If a medicine does not seem to help after one week:
a) double the dose
b) continue taking it
c) throw it away
d) tell your doctor immediately
b) continue taking it
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Some medications take between 4 and 6 weeks before you feel the full benefits. Do not stop taking after a week or two just because you feel it's not helping your symptoms. Give the medicine at least 6 weeks to work.
500
Mental illness can be caused by:
a) a chemical imbalance in the brain
b) environmental stressors
c) heredity
d) all of the above
d) any or all of the above
** examples of environmental stressors- noise, crowding, natural disasters, Covid**
** Most psychiatric disorders are highly heritable; the estimated heritability for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism is much higher than that of diseases like breast cancer and diabetes**