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Classifications of Drugs Used to Treat Mania

Acts as a mood stabilizer.

a. ) Lithium
b. ) Antipsychotics
c. ) Anticonvulsants
d. ) Anti-anxiety

A

Anticonvulsants

Acts as a mood stabilizer.

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Classifications of Drugs Used to Treat Mania

Used if a patient cannot use other drugs. Good to increase sleep.

a. ) Lithium
b. ) Antipsychotics
c. ) Anticonvulsants
d. ) Anti-anxiety

A

Anti-anxiety

Used if a patient cannot use other drugs.

Good to increase sleep.

3
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Classifications of Drugs Used to Treat Mania

Brings mania down quickly (in several days).

a. ) Lithium
b. ) Antipsychotics
c. ) Anticonvulsants
d. ) Anti-anxiety

A

Antipsychotics (often used with lithium)

Brings mania down quickly (in several days).

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Classifications of Drugs Used to Treat Mania

Mood stabilizer. May take weeks to reduce mania.

a. ) Lithium
b. ) Antipsychotics
c. ) Anticonvulsants
d. ) Anti-anxiety

A

Lithium

Mood stabilizer.

May take weeks to reduce mania.

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A patient who has been taking lithium carbonate 300 mg tid comes to the office with a list of meds he is taking. Which medication would require re-evaluation of lithium dosage and why?

a. ) Respirdal
b. ) Ativan
c. ) Amoxicillin
d. ) Hydrodiuril

A

d.) Hydrodiuril

diuretic

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Which anticonvulsant medication might be prescribed for a patient with bipolar disorder?

a. ) divalproex sodium or valproate (Depakote)
b. ) clonazepam (Klonopin)
c. ) olanzapine (Zyprexa)
d. ) lithium (Lithobid)

A

Which anticonvulsant medication might be prescribed for a patient with bipolar disorder?

a.) divalproex sodium or valproate (Depakote)

7
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Bipolar & Related Disorders

“Classic” bipolar = mania.

a. ) Bipolar I
b. ) Bipolar II
c. ) Cyclothymic

A

Bipolar I

8
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Bipolar & Related Disorders

Mild hypomania and mild depression (not MDD).

a. ) Bipolar I
b. ) Bipolar II
c. ) Cyclothymic

A

Cyclothymic

Mild hypomania and mild depression (not MDD).

9
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Bipolar & Related Disorders

Severe depression + hypomanic episodes.

a. ) Bipolar I
b. ) Bipolar II
c. ) Cyclothymic

A

Bipolar II

Severe depression + hypomanic episodes.

10
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A 25-year-old female was admitted this morning with bipolar disorder most recent episode (MRE) mania.

Is the diagnosis Bipolar I or II?

A

Bipolar I

A 25-year-old female was admitted this morning with bipolar disorder most recent episode (MRE) mania.

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Mania: Thought Processes & Speech Patterns

Inflated self-regard of ideas; “I can do anything!”

a. ) Pressured speech
b. ) Flight of ideas
c. ) Circumstantial
d. ) Clang associations
e. ) Grandiosity

A

Grandiosity

Inflated self-regard of ideas; “I can do anything!”

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Mania: Thought Processes & Speech Patterns

Includes much indirectness with lots of details any may never get to the point.

a. ) Pressured speech
b. ) Flight of ideas
c. ) Circumstantial
d. ) Clang associations
e. ) Grandiosity

A

Circumstantial

Includes much indirectness with lots of details any may never get to the point.

do not need to be bipolar to be circumstantial

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Mania: Thought Processes & Speech Patterns

Hasty, emphatic speech, often too loud.

a. ) Pressured speech
b. ) Flight of ideas
c. ) Circumstantial
d. ) Clang associations
e. ) Grandiosity

A

Pressured speech

Hasty, emphatic speech, often too loud.

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Mania: Thought Processes & Speech Patterns

Meaningless rhyming of words, often with force (“Brain-Drain-Rain”).

a. ) Pressured speech
b. ) Flight of ideas
c. ) Circumstantial
d. ) Clang associations
e. ) Grandiosity

A

Clang associations

Meaningless rhyming of words, often with force

(“Brain-Drain-Rain”)

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Mania: Thought Processes & Speech Patterns

Constant flow of fast speech, abrupt changes of topic.

a. ) Pressured speech
b. ) Flight of ideas
c. ) Circumstantial
d. ) Clang associations
e. ) Grandiosity

A

Flight of ideas

Constant flow of fast speech, abrupt changes of topic.