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| 1st Generational typical Anti-psychotic drugs |
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| Chlorpramazine (Thorazine) PO or LC, thorazine (Mellaril; cardiotoxic) PO or LC, trifluoperazine (Stelazine) PO or LC, fluphenazine (Prolixin) PO, SAIM or LAIM, haloperidol (Haldol) PO, SAIM, or LAIM; are dopamine antagonists (decrease dopamine) that target the positive symptoms (Prolixin and Haldol are poison for elderly African American females). |
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| 2nd generation atypical antipsychotic drugs |
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| Clozapine(Clozaril), reiperidone (Risperdal) PO or LAIM, olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel; least apt to cause EPS), lurasidone (Latuda), asenapine (Saphris), iloperidone (Fanapt); are dopamine and serotonin antagonist that cause the positive and negative symptoms to diminish. |
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| 3rd generation atypical antipsychotic drugs |
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| Abilify; are dopamine and serotonin antagonist that cause the positive and negative symptoms to diminish; side effects are headache, anxiety, insomnia, somnolence, akathisia, nausea, vomiting, constipation |
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| Abilify and Geodon (ziprasidone) |
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| give in the morning; may induce mania; causes less sedation than other antipsychotics |
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| Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) |
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| A tool used to screen for symptoms of movement disorders, which are side effects of neuroleptic medicaions; assess for tics, motor movements, gait, facial expression; look for dystonia or dyskinesia |
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| Avoiding judgements of the person, no matter what the behavior |
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| Include natural disasters, terroist attacks, riots, and violent crimes |
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| A serious blood dyscasia and leukopenia (reduced WBC) caused by Clozaril; sore throat, fever, and chronic malaise |
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| Looks like anxiety or mania; they are the "Walkies and Talkies", they sit and stand repeatedly, rock from foot to foot, and have dry hands and dry mouth, have an intense need to move about and pace; this symptom often causes non-compliances with medicaiton. |
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| Muscular weakness that may be transient; slowness and difficulty initiating movement |
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| A lack of any real meaning or substance in what the client says |
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| Having no pleasure or joy in life |
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| Anticholinergic medicaions |
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| Benadryl IM or Congentin IM, Artane PO, and Symmetrel PO, these prevent EPS |
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| Anticholinergic side effects |
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| Often occur with the use of antipsychotics; orthostatic hypotension, dry mouth, constipation, urinary hesitancy or retention, dry nasal passages, nasal congestion, and blurred near vision (cant sit, spit, piss, shit) |
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| Also called neuroleptics; used to treat the symptoms of psychosis such as the delusions and hallucinations seen in schizophrenia, and the manic phase of bipolar disorder. |
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| A vague feeling of dread or apprehension; it is a response to external or internal stimuli; and it is emotional and physical response to stress |
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| Mild, moderate, severe, and panic |
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| Used to treat anxiety and anxiety disorders, insomnia, OCD, depression, PTSD, and alcohol withdrawal |
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| Focuses on developing an therapeutic relationship |
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| Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) |
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| Community-based programs that provide many of the services that are necessary for successful community living; includes case management, problem solviing, social skills training, support, and teaching on a 24/7 basis |
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| General feelins or a frame of reference around which a person organizes knowledge about the world. |
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| All psychological diagnostic categories except mental retardation and personality disorder; includes depression, naxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, anorexia nervsa, bulimia nervosa, and schizophrenia |
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| Personality disorders and mental retardation |
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| General medical condition or comorbitites; acute medical conditions and physical disorders includes brain injuries and other medical disorders which may aggravate existing diseases or present symptoms similar to other disorders; examples; asthma, hypothyroidism, hypertension, substance abuse, STIs, nicotine addiction, liver or renal problems, and diabetes |
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| Psychosocial and environmental factors or stressors contributing to the disorder |
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Global Assessment of Functioning on a scale of 0-100; also called Global Assessment Score; 100
is best; most normal people are about 60; mental health clients are about 20 |
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Enhances the inhibitory effect of GABA, which makes the cell membrane more stable and less
responsive to excitatory neurotransmitters; shouldn’t be given longer than 6 weeks; relieves
anxiety and panic disorders; avoid alcohol, other CNS depressants, or OTC meds containing
antihistamines |
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