Mental Health States Flashcards
- Neurotic disorders are associated with
a) Inability to cope with demands and perceived stress
- Which of the following statements about tardive dyskinesia is true
a) Symptoms are often permanent and do not improve with antiparkinsonian medication
- the most common features of chronic organic psychosis are
a) social withdrawal and paranoid ideation
- anxiety is best described as
response to stress
- While watching television in the lounge a client says quickly and abruptly to the nurse, the sun is shining in virginia. My son is in Virginia. Whos afraid of Virginia wolf. Which of the following is this statement an example of
a) Flight of ideas
In planning the care of for the elated client a primary aim is
a) Encourage interpersonal contact
- Following an automobile accident involving a fatality and a subsequent arrest for speeding, a client has amnesia 9 PARTIAL or total loss ) for the events surrounding the accident. This is an example of the defense mechanism known as
dissociation
Anticholinergic side effects are common with all the following except
Thiriodizine
Diazepam
qnxiolaaytic ( treat aniety)
Benztropine
(also known an congentin ) is an anti-parkinsonian drug
Amitriptaline
anti-depression drugg
Thiorridazine
antipsychotic drug…WAS WIDELY USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZO AND PHYSCOSIS (was withdrawl dues to the high cardiac arrithmias it causes )
amnesia
memory loss
aphasia
inability to express oneself through sppeces
anticholonegic
low potency antipsychotic
