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1
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Neurotransmitter - comes from tryptophan

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Serotonin

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Neurotransmitter - inhibitory & excitatory

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Acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitter in schizophrenia

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> dopamine, possible serotonin

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Therapy that involves pt’s interaction w/ one another to practice relationship skills, give feedback on behavior, and work cooperatively

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Milieu Therapy

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Neurotransmitter - sexual behavior, emotions, regulation of temp, food intake, pain control, sleep/wake

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Serotonin

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Professional who assists pt’s w/ job seeking or retention skills and completing educational goals

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Vocational Rehab Therapist

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The ability of pts, families, & groups to meet the emotional, behavioral, & social demands of life

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Psychosocial Integrity

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Professional who diagnoses the disorder & prescribes medical treatment

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Psychiatrist

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Professional who helps pts find constructive activities for their leisure time

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Recreation Therapist

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Neurotransmitters in Alzheimer’s

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< Acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitters in depression

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< Serotonin & norepi

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Neurotransmitters in anxiety

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<GABA; possibly epi, norepi, serotonin

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Allows person to function well, controls action & perception, develop muually satisfying relationships, mediate ID & superego

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Ego

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Neurotransmitter - sleep/wake, signal muscles to be active, attention, memory

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Acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitter - interrupts electrical impulse @ synaptic cleft producting a slowing of body activity

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> GABA

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Neurotransmitter - increased in anxiety & epilepsy

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< GABA

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Neurotransmitter - connected to delusions, hallucinations, withdrawn behavior

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Serotonin

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Neurotransmitter - pleasure, motivation, cognition, complex movement, emotional responses

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter - synthesized from tyrosine

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter - invovled in Schizophrenia & Parkinson’s

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter - attention, learning, memory, sleep/wake, anxiety, mood

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Norepinephrine

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Neurotransmitter - gastric acid & cardiac stimulation, alterness, allergic reactions

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Histamine

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23
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Most common neurotransmitter

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Norepinephrine

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Unconscious cognitive distortions that help a person to maintiain their self-esteem, sense of control, & coping with stress

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Defense Mechanisms

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Seeks instant gratification, no regard for rules, unorganized reservoir of energy

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ID

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Based on pt’s unconscious thoughts and memories as the basis of mental illness to protect the pt from harful memories or forbidden desires

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Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud)

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27
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Neurotransmitter - excitatory amino acid

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Glutamate

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Professional who assists w/ discharge planning and community referrals, psychotherapy;
works w/ families/significant others

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Social Worker

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29
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Moral & ethical, follows rules & regulations

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Superego

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30
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Inhibitory amino acid

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GABA

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31
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Health conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior which include some type of distress and/or impaired functioning

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Mental Illness

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Professional that focuses on ways to improve the functional ability of pts using creatve activities in the tx or rehab of disabled people

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Occupational Therapist

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33
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Axis I

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Major Mental Disorders

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Group not run by a professional - all members struggling w/ the same problem

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Self-Help Group

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Provide connections & empathy

accepts & reinforces strengths while decreasing anxiety

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Support Group

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36
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Avoid doing harm to pts

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Non-maleficence

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37
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Pt goes off topic and does not give info requested

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Tangential Thinking

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Pt’s general pervasive and sustained emotional state

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Mood

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Use of TV, newspapers, & magazines to help with cognitive defects

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Education Group

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40
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Mood stabilizer that functions at the intracellular level, NOT the synapse

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Lithium (Antimanic)

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Group that helps pts analyze and enhance their interpersonal functioning

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Psychotherapy Group

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42
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Med - blocks dopamine receptors in certain areas of the brain; many side effects

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Typical Antipsychotics

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Pt gives excessive and unnecessary details before getting to the point

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Circumstantial Thinking

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44
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Making up words

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Neologism

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45
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Meds that treat psychotic symptoms - hallucinations, delusions, illusions, paranoid thinking, poor reality

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Antipsychotics/Neurolyptics

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46
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The ability to understand the situation correctly and accept responsibility for it

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Insight

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47
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False sensory perceptions that the person is experiencing w/o actual stimuli

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Hallucinations

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48
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Pt may be fearful and not want to interact

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Suspicious Attitude

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49
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The belief that the person has a special power or abilities

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Grandiose Delusion

50
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The belief that the person’s body is diesased, abnormal, or changed

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Somatic Delusion

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A noticeable speeding up of movement that is usually puposeless, repetitive, non-productive, and associated w/ an inner tension

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Psychomotor Agitation

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Faithfulness and keeping promises

53
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Fair & equitable tx

54
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Doing or promoting good

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Beneficence

55
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Affect - expression does not fit the situation

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Inappropriate Affect

56
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Antidepressant - blocks the reake of everal neurotransmitters including norepi & serotonin

57
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Pt’s outward expression of the mood

58
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The opportunity to express feelings

59
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5 types of antidepressants

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SSRI
SNRI
NDRI
MAOI
TCA
60
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Meds used to treat symptoms of dysphoria, anhedonia, < energy, change in appetite/sleep, suicidal thoughts

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Antidepressants

61
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Focus on personal interactions and issues of daily living

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Therapeutic Group

62
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Meds - block dopamine receptors in limbic system & affect serotonin receptors, apathy, blunted affect;
< side effects

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Atypical Antipsychotics

63
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Falsification of experience through the construction of logical or socially approved explanations of behavior

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Rationalization

64
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Disorganized thoughts that move from topic to topic without connection

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Loose Associations

65
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Independence and the ability to be self directed

66
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Nearly continusous flow of accelerated speech w/ abrupt & frequent changes in topic that are usually connected

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Flight of Ideas

67
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Occurs when a person is unable to decipher what is real and when isn’t

68
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The belief that someone is attempting to harm them, follow them, & persecute them or others around them

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Paranoid/Persecutory Delusions

69
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The practice of telling the truth

70
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A person interacts in a bright cheery way that discounts or minimizes their problems

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Superficial Behavior

71
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The manner or disposition of the pt to the interviewer

72
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Handling emotional conflicts or stressors by temporary alteration of consciousness or identity

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Dissociation

73
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Person believes that insignificant remarks, statements, or events refer directly to them w/ /special meaning

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Delusion of Reference

74
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Unacceptable feelings disguised by repression of the real feeling & by reinforcement of the opposite feeling

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Reaction Formation

75
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Anxiolytic - > effect of GABA to treat anxiety in alcohol withdrawal, pre-op sedation, seizures, mania, muscle relaxant, & agitation

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Benzodiazepines

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Axis II

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Personality Disorders/Mental Retardation

77
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Speech stuck on one topic

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Perservate speech

78
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Axis III

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Medical Conditions/Surgeries

79
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Anxiolytic - works on serotonin receptor & helps to < anxiety

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Non-benzodiazepine (Busiprone)

80
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Axis IV

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Psychosocial & Environmental Stressors

81
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Axis V

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Global Assessment of Functioning

82
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Speech not decreased in intensity or pace, continues w/o pauses, usually loud & emphatic

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Pressured Speech

83
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Speech - repeating the same words or movements

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Perservation of Speech

84
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Tx of schizophrenia, mood disorders, cognitive impairment, rage, aggressive behavior, intractable vomiting, hiccoughs, & vertigo

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Antipsychotics

85
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Brief survey assessing symptoms of last 2 weeks on 13 domains

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DSM Level I

86
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Discharging pent up feelings on people less dangerous than those responsible for the emotion

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Displacement

87
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Acceptance of another’s values & opinions as one’s own

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Introjection

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Rise out & help someone else

89
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Meds - treat expansive emotional states, extreme excitement, flight of ideas, > psychomotor activites

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Mood Stabilizers

90
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Med - poorly understood;

normalize reuptake of dopamine, norepi, & serotonin

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Antimanic - Lithium

91
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Empower pts to self management, provide useful info on stress management

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Education Groups

92
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36 item measure to assess disability among 6 domains

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WHO Disability Assessment

93
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16 questions emphasizing 4 domains

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Cultural Formulation Interview

94
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Mood stabilizer - poorly understood, inhibit kindling activity & stimulating GABA - calming effect

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Anticonvulsants

95
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Meds - cause a release of dopamine & other agents like it so regions of the brain are stimulated

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Psychostimulants

96
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Meds - > attention & concentration
< distractibility, hyperactivity, impulsivity;
tx of ADHD

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Psychostimulants

97
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Meds - < anxiety & insomnia, slow CNS, enhance effects of GABA

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Sedative Hypnotics

98
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Separating an emotion from a thought or idea because the emotional reaction is too painful

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Intellectualization

99
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All antidepressants but NDRI’s treat:

100
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SNRI & TCA interact with these neurotransmitters:

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Serotonin & Norepi

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MAOI’s interact with these neurotransmitters

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Norepi, Serotonin, Dopamine

102
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Antidepressant group that also treats ADD & nicotine dependence

103
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Antidepressant group that can reverse sexual dysfunction induced by SSRI or SNRI

104
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Sexual dysfunction can be caused by these antidepressant groups:

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SSRI, SNRI, & MAOI

105
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This antidepressant group may cause weight loss

106
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This antidepressant group can also treat pains - chronic, fibro, migraine

107
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The side effects of this antidepressant group:

arrhythmias, anticholinergics, Alpha I adrenergics, histamine

108
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Type of TCA side effects - dry mouth, constipation, blurry vision, urinary retention, confusion

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Anticholinergic Effects

109
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Type of TCA side effect - causes orthostatic hypotension

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Alpha I Side Effects

110
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Side effects of this antidepressant group:

hypotension, palpitations, headach

111
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This antidepressant group may cause seizures

112
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This antidepressant group may cause cardiac toxicity

113
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This antidepressant group may cause hypertensive crisis

114
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The 6 SSRI meds (pzpcll)

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Prozac
Zoloft
Paxill
Celexa
Lexapro
Luvox
115
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The 3 SNRI meds (pec)

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Pristiq
Effexor
Cymbalta

116
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The 2 NDRI meds (wz)

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Wellbutrin

Zyban

117
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The 5 TCA meds (teana)

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Tofranil
Elavil
Aventyl
Nopramin
Anafranil
118
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The 4 MAOI meds (m-pen)

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Marplan
Emsam
Parnate
Nardil

119
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Neurotransmitter - influences how we interact with the world

120
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The only antidepressant that does not treat anxiety

120
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Neurotransmitter - mediates mood & anxiety

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Norepinephrine

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