Mental Health Review Flashcards
Extrapyramidal side-effect
Irreversible w/ involuntary movements
Tardive dyskinesia
Extrapyramidal side effect: inner restlessness pacing and fidgeting
Akathisia
Extrapyramidal side- effects
S/S resemble those seen in Parkinson’s disease.
Parkinsonism
Extrapyramidal side effect
Muscle spasms
Dystonia
This patient avoids open public spaces and fears leaving his home.
Agoraphobia
Why is seroquel better than other antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia.
Weight gain is less common.
Clients w/ agoraphobia display which defense mechanism?
Displacement
A client diagnosed w/ bipolar disorder that is pregnant can take this drug?
Paxil (SSRI)
What speech pattern is commonly associated w/ schizophrenia and mania in which sounds influence word choice?
Clanging ex: change change range manage change
Speech pattern associated w/ organic mental disorders and schizophrenia and uses persistent repetition of words?
Perserveration
Speech pattern associated w/ manic episodes that exhibits a continuous flow of accelerated speech?
Flight of ideas
Speech pattern that echoes words or phrases used by others?
Echolalia
A defense mechanism that is a physical impairment w/o organic impairment?
Conversion
Defense mechanism characterizes by a compulsive response that negates a painful feeling or unacceptable act?
Undoing
