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11-2 Flashcards

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Good antidepressant choice for someone w/ poor appetite, poor sleep

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Mirtazapine

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Pt w/ pattern of avoiding social interactions and hypersensitivity to criticism

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Avoidant personality disorder

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Greatest risk to completing homicide

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Access to firearms

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Bipolar with psychotic features vs schizoaffective disorder

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Bipolar has psychotic sxs only with depressive episodes

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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is due to dysregulation of which neurotransmitters?

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Dopamine (D2) antagonism

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Tx for akathisia

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Beta blocker, anticholinergic (benztropine) or benzo + lower antipsychotic dose

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Pt w/ restlessness, inability to sit still following antipsychotic dose increase

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Akathisia

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Sexual assault is strongly linked with future development of what disorders/sxs?

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PTSD, depression, SI

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