Depression Flashcards
MDD tx is?
SSRI
MDD, is due to low Serotonin, Norepi, tryptophan?
true - anhedonia
MDD risk facrors
fam hx, poor, single, divorced, widowed
MDD pneumonic?
SIGECAPS - sleep, interest, guilt, energy, mood, conc., appetite, suicidal
MDD diag?
PHQ2-9, Becks Depression inventory.
what score on PHQ9 need tx?
9
MDD tx?
SSRI- takes 4-6 weeks
SNRI and SSRI SE?
sexual dys, nausea/GI
> 2 year depression with no Mania or hypomania. “Always depressed”
PDD
Tx: SSRI, SNRI
beyond normal grief or berevement after 6 months?
Adjustment disorder: hopeless
Mania vs Hypomania?
difference is Mania has delusion+ insomnia
Lithium is a good tx for?
acute mania
Bipolar sxs?
pressured speech, flight of ideas, talkative, sexauly active.
Bipolar Mixed is?
Irritable/Aggitated and Mania
Bipolar tx?
Lithium, Anticonvolsant (carbamenzapine, lamictal, valproate)
Antipsych (haldol, quetiepine)