Unit 4 exam grid Flashcards
antipsychotic drug therapy indications
- manage the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
- mood stabilizing
antipsychotic drug therapy teaching
- often includes anticholinergic medication to counteract extrapyramidal symptoms
- patient may or may not be on these lifelong
- monitor for extrapyramidal side effects are common with many of these
types of personality disorders: cluster a
“odd behavior”
- includes paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal personality disorders
types of personality disorders: cluster b
“dramatic behavior”
- borderline, antisocial, narcissistic personality disorders
types of cluster disorders: cluster c
“fearful behavior”
- dependent, avoidant, obsessive compulsive
hallucinations
- false sensory perceptions
- can affect all five senses
loose association
delusion/delusional behavior
- fixed, false beliefs or actions
- cannot be changed with logic
echolalia
repetition of words
echopraxia
repeating actions of others
neologism
positive signs of schizophrenia
- those that are found among people w/ schizophrenia but not present among those who do not have this disorder
- delusions, thought disorders, hallucinations
negative signs of schizophrenia
flat affect/catatonia: impaired motor activity including stupor
obsessive compulsive personality disorder
antisocial personality disorder