FINAL EXAM Flashcards
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Deficits in social relatedness and relationships
- Stereotypical repetitive speech
- Obsessive focus on specific objects
- Over adherence to routines or rituals
- Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input
- Extreme resistance to change
- Appears in early childhood
ASD assessment
developement delays, communication, sensory stim, relationships within family abuse, intellectual ability
asd diagnosis
lack of coordination head banging
asd diagnosis
lack of coordination head banging
asd outcomes
reframe from outburst, talk through it
ASD implementation and interventions
provide structure, consistency, reward system
- psychological interventions
- psychobiological interventions
physical occupational speech therapy
autism develops…..
in early childhood
ADHD
Inappropriate degree of
- Inattention
- Impulsiveness
- Hyperactivity
- commonly seen in school
- temper outburst
- low self esteem
adhd assessment, diagnosis
Assessment
- Level of physical activity, attention span, talkativeness
- Social skills
- Comorbidity: learning disorder, disregulation, impulsive
Diagnosis: low self esteem, anxiety
meds for adhd
ridiline aderal
increase pay attention, less impulsive, less distracted
communication disorders
deficit in language skills acquisition that impairment in academic, achievement, socialization, or self worth
what are the Intellectual Development Disorders
Intellectual functioning
Social functioning
Daily functioning
intellectual development disorder severity
can be mild to extremely severe
- begin in childhood
intellectual functioning
deficit in reading problem solving
social functioning
impaired communication and language regulating emotion
daily functioning
daily life affected
sterotypic movement disorder
Repetitive, purposeless movements for 4 weeks or more
tourette’s disorder
multiple motor ticks for 1y can be brought on by stress
depersonalization
unreal
loss of idenity
arm not part of body
derealization
environment has changed
“everything tiny”
Hallucinations
- Auditory: voices and sounds
- Visual: spots, animals, people
- Olfactory: smell something not there
- Gustatory: taste something not there
- Tactile: begs crawling on them
- Command: need interventions, voices telling them to hurt them/someone
Illusions
spiders crawling on wall, black dots
delusions
fulse beliefs, held despite a lack of evidence to support them
disadvantange of first gen
Extrapyramidal side effects (EPS)
- Anticholinergic (ACh) side effects
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Weight gain, sexual dysfunction, endocrine disturbances
first gen
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Loxapine (Loxitane)
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Fluphenazine (Prolixin)
xanax…..
severe anxiety
theraptuic statements for soemone hearing voices
ik it must be very scary for you but i don’t hear voices
acute dystonia
The client experiences severe spasms of tongue, neck, face, or back. This is a crisis situation, which requires rapid treatment
parkinsonism
Signs and symptoms include bradykinesia, rigidity, shuffling gait, drooling and tremors.
akathisia
The client is unable to stand still or sit, and is continually pacing and agitated.
tardive dyskinesia (TD
Late extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)
Manifestations include involuntary movements of the tongue and face, such as lip-smacking, which cause speech and /or eating disturbances.
TD may also include involuntary movements of arms, legs, or trunk
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Symptoms include sudden high-grade fever, blood pressure fluctuations, dysrhythmias, muscle rigidity, and change in LOC developing into coma
Anticholinergic effects
Dry mouth Blurred vision Photophobia Urinary hesitancy/retention Constipation Tachycardia
positive symptoms of schizo
- hallucinations
- delusions
- disorganized speech
- bizarre behavior (talking to self)
negative symptoms
- blunt affect
- no expression
- alogia- the poverty of thoughts
- avolition- lack of motivation
- anhedonia- lack of pleasure
alogia
the poverty of thoughts
avolition
lack of motivation
anhedonia
lack of pleasure
medications that cause tardive dyskinesia
1st gen meds
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Loxapine (Loxitane)
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Fluphenazine (Prolixin)
treatment for tardive dyskinesia
Manifestations may occur months to years after the start of therapy.
Administer the lowest dosage possible to control symptoms.
Use the AIMS test to screen for the presence of EPS
deutetrabenazine and valbenazine
planning manic phase
- Managing medications
- decreasing physical activity
- increasing food and fluid intake
- ensuring at least 4 to 6 hours of sleep per night
- intervening so that self-care needs are met
- Seclusion, restraint, or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be considered during the acute phase.
manic episodes implementation
- Hospitalization for acute mania (bipolar I disorder)
- Communicating challenges and strategies
- be direct with limits
risk for sicude with bipolar
watch for s/s
hospitalize them
bipolar 1 disorder
- Most severe form
- Highest mortality rate of the three
- At least 1 manic episode
- big shifts
- admitted for severe mania
ithium therapeutic level
maintenance blood level
Therapeutic blood level: 0.8 to 1.4 mEq/L
Maintenance blood level: 0.4 to 1.3 mEq/L
lithium toxic level
Toxic blood level: 1.5 mEq/L and above
- need blood test every 5d