Mental Health & Substance Abuse disorders

Question 1

delirium

Answer 1

acute confusion

Question 2

cognition

Answer 2

mental processes of perception, memory, judgement and reasoning

Question 3

dementia

Answer 3

deficit in memory and other cognitive areas

Question 4

confabulation

Answer 4

making up conversation to fill in gaps in memory

Question 5

global amnesia

Answer 5

unable tp recall events or remember friends and family

Question 6

delusion

Answer 6

belief in false ideas

Question 7

wadering

Answer 7

leaving a place or moving with no plan

Question 8

sun downing

Answer 8

new or increased confusion and disorientation at night

Question 9

psychotic features

Answer 9

hallucinations, delusions and disorganized speech or behavior

Question 10

delusions of grandeaur

Answer 10

person has an inflated notion of self-importance despite logical reasoning

Question 11

hallucinations

Answer 11

sensory perception without a corresponding stimulus

Question 12

word salad

Answer 12

disorganized mix of words

Question 13

neologism

Answer 13

made up new words for expressing confused thoughts

Question 14

ideas of reference

Answer 14

a person feels that objects, events, or people in his environment have an unusual significance only to him

Question 15

illusion

Answer 15

misinterpretation of reality

Question 16

flat affect

Answer 16

absence of emotional expression

Question 17

algoria

Answer 17

poverty of thoughts

Question 18

used when displays agitation and aggression

Answer 18

Ativan (lorazepam) antipsychotic

Question 19

s/s dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, and urinary retention

Answer 19

tricyclic

Question 20

blocking dopamine, norepinephrine

Answer 20

MAOI

Question 21

supplement for alcohol syndrome

Answer 21

thiamine

Question 22

Korsakoff

Answer 22

s/s impaired memory and gait (Dx by brain scan) irreversible

Question 23

addiction

Answer 23

needs substance to feel good

Question 24

abuse

Answer 24

misuse of a substance

Question 25

enabling

Answer 25

allowing a person to continue a behavior

Question 26

co-dependent

Answer 26

overcompensate or try to fix the situation

Question 27

Lithium

Answer 27

used for Bi Polar, frequent blood labs advised, 2500-300 ml liquid, eat sodium, avoid diuretics

Question 28

CAGE (Cut down Annoyed Guilt Eye opener)

Answer 28

questionnaire regarding alcoholism

Question 29

Serotonin Syndrome

Answer 29

life threatening taking SSRI ( s/s show in 30 min - 48 hrs) hypertremia, fluctuating BP, increased heart rate, mental status, coordination. IV to reverse it

Question 30

anomia

Answer 30

trouble remembering words

Question 31

apraxia

Answer 31

inability to carry out learned movements (trouble following steps)