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Feelins related to sense of well-being. |
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Abnormalities directly relate to abnl _____. |
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Neurotransmitter activity. |
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Depression is characterized by _____ or _____. |
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Norepinephrine or serotonin. |
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Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) IV Deptession is characterized by the following symptoms: |
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Daily Depressed mood
Decreased interest or pleasure in activities
Inc or dec weight
insomina or hypersomnia
Fatigue
Worthless, guilty
Altered Concentration |
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DSM IV Depression is caused by: |
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N/A - physiological cause is absent |
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What is a serious issue in regrards to providing anti-depressant drugs without appropriate monitoring of the patient? |
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Potentially suicidal. If a pt is severly depressed, they don't have the energy to even commit suicide. As they begin to take anti-depressants, they are able to muster up the energy to act on their suicidal thoughts. |
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Bipolar is caused by an imbalance between: |
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acetylcholine and epinephrine |
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During the manic phase of bipor disorder, _____ and _____ are elevated. |
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norepinephrin and seratonin receptors |
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Schizophrenia is due to decreased sensitivity to _____ in the _____ and increased _____ in the _____. |
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glutamate
prefrontal lobes
dopamine
frontal lobes |
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Schizophrenia patients are characterized by their: |
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Disassociated ideas, Incoherent seech, crazy sequence of thoughts, delusions, and hallucinations |
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based on some sort of reality but are false beliefs...
Hinder function |
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False Perceptions that can be auditory, tiactile, olfactory, and/or visual |
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Anxiety Disorders are defined as: |
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more than 6 months or excessive worry.
Also experience a lack of concentration, function, sleep, etc. |
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scared of the public, doesn't ever leave the house |
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Obsesive Compulsive Disease: Unwanted thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc.
(ie. washing hands constantly, refuses to step on cracks) |
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Intense fear. Generalized symptoms: increased heart rate, short of breath, dizzy, etc. |
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): |
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fear of injury or death following a traumatic event; typically seen post-military, post-natural disaster, etc. |
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Clozaril, Risperdal, and Zyprexa are all examples of __________ in treating sckizophrenia. |
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Serotonin Dopamine antagonists |
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When treating schizophrenia, Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, and Thiothixene are drugs that __________. |
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decrease dopamine production or effects. |
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What eating diesorder is characterized by self-induced starvation? |
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What psychiatric disorder is responcible for the highest death rate? |
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What psychiatric disorder is characterized by a binge-purge cycle in regards to their food uptake? |
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Altered serotonin metabolism and an obsession with body image are responcible for: |
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Resulting from eating disorders or starvation, _________ yeields an inadequate amount of calories and energy. |
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Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) |
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_____ is a type of PEM that results in inadequate calorie intake in addition to an immune deficiency, anemia, and emaciated extremities. |
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Kwashiorkor is a form of PEM in which there is an _____ (inadequate/adequate) amount of calories and an _____ (inadequate/adequate) amount of protein.
Symptoms include: |
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adequate
inadequate
hypoalbuminemia, edema, fatty liver, infections, etc |
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Electrolyte abnormalities can lead to _____ and _____ in regards to Anorexia. |
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Cardiac arrythmias (Bradycardia) and Constipation |
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Amenorrhea (menstral cycle stopped) is seen in which 2 psychiatric disorders? |
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Medications for eating disorders may include: |
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Depression, anxiety, and obsession meds |
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Over-activity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness are all characteristic of: |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |
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ADHD results in _____ (decreased/increased) dopamine and _____ (decreased/increased) norepinephrine. |
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Parent Behavior Training (PBT) can be crucial in quelling what psychiatric disorder? |
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Attention Deficit Disorder treatment includes blocking re-uptake of _____ and _____ to increase cortical inhibitory actions. |
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dopamine and norepinephrine |
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