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Dorthea Dix

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Reformed mental health treatment; opened 32 state hospitals that offered asylum; advocated for shelter, nutritious food, and warm clothes

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Insane Asylums

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1790s; safe haven or refuge offering protections from institutions where people had been whipped, burned, beaten, and starved due to mental illness

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Who created insane asylums?

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Philippe Pinel and William Turke

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First 2 drugs to be developed?

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Lithium and Chlorpromazine

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Psychotropic Drugs

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Developed in 1950 to treat mental illness

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Drugs developed within 10 years of development?

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MAIOs, Haloperidol, Tricyclics, Antipsychotics, and Benzodiazepines

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What was the aim for psychopharmacology

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decrease agitation, psychotic thinking, depression, shorten hospital stays, discharges to home

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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI)

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Allowed those with mental illness to be more independent financially rather than relying on family (saved the state money)

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Sigmund Freud

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Father of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud: ID

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reflects basic or innate desires such as pleasure-seeking behaviors, aggression, and sexual impulses. Seeks gratification, causes impulsive thinking, no regard to rules

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Sigmund Freud: Superego

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reflects morals and ethical concepts, values, parental and social expectations- opposite of ID

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Sigmund Freud: Ego

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balancing or mediating force between ID and Superego; mature and adaptive behavior (anxiety)

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Transference

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Displaced onto the therapist, attitudes, and feelings that the client experienced in other relationships (automatic and unconscious)

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Countertransference

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The Therapist displaces onto client from past

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Erikson’s Development

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Trust vs. Mistrust (infant);
Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt (toddler);
Initiative vs. Guilt (Preschool);
Industry vs. Inferiority (school age); Identity vs. Role Confusion (adolescent); Intimacy vs. Isolation (young adult); Generativity vs. Stagnation (middle adult); Ego integrity vs. Despair (maturity)

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Orientation Phase

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Directed by nurse, involves engaging the patient in treatment, provides information, answers questions

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Identification Phase

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Begins when the patient works independently with the nurse, expresses feelings, feels stronger

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Exploitation Phase

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The patient will make full use of the services offered

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Resolution Phase

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Patient no longer needs professional services and gives up dependent behavior

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Agonist

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Increases effects of neurotransmitter
Encourages molecules to bind to that receptor
AKA: copycats because they mimic neurotransmitters

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Antagonist

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Block something from happening and reduce normal effects

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4 Components of the Brain Stem

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Midbrain, Pons, Medulla Oblongata, Nuclei CN III-XII

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Serotonin

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An important role in anxiety, mood disorders, and schizophrenia which is associated with delusions and hallucinations
*some antidepressants block serotonin reuptake

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Efficacy

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Maximal therapeutic effect that drug can achieve

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Potency
The amount of drug needed to achieve the maximum effect
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Tolerance
A gradual decrease in the action of a drug at a given time
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Half-Life
Time it takes for half of the drug to be removed from the bloodstream - Short half-life requires frequent dosing - when drug is d/c it is 5 times its half-life to leave body
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Toxicity
The point at which concentrations of the drug in the bloodstream are high enough to become harmful or poisonous to the body
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Therapeutic Index
The ratio of the maximum nontoxic dose to the minimum effective dose
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Off-Label Use
Drug that is used for a disease that differs from the one involved in the original testing and FDA approval
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Black Box Warning
When a drug has serious life-threatening side effects, even if they are rare *warning in box
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Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
Required by the FGA if the drug has serious SE *specific actions and safe guards are also required to govern the use of these drugs
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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
Potentially fatal reactions to antipsychotics usually occurs within the first 2 weeks or after increase
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S/S of NMS
Rigidity, High fever, Autonomic Instability (BP/ Diaphoresis/Pallor), Delirium *often present as confused, mute, fluctuate between agitation and stupor
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Risk Factors of NMS
Dehydration, Poor nutrition, Concurrent medical illness
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Treatment of NMS
Stop antipsychotic and provide supportive care
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Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
Permanent involuntary movements commonly caused by long-term use of antipsychotics *irreversible
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S/S of TD
Involuntary movement of the tongue, facial and neck muscles, upper and lower extremities, grimacing
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Treatment and Goals of TD
Administer vesicular monoamine transporter 2; prevention is key and keeping dosage low
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Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale
Standardized assessment tool to monitor for TD
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Clozapine
Antipsychotic Med; produces few traditional side effects, has potentially fatal side effect of agranulocytosis; Develops suddenly with fever, malaise, sore throat, leukopenia *Required to have weekly WBC and ANC x 6mon, then every 2 weeks x 6mon, then q4weeks
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MAOI
Anti-Depressive (1950s; Caution with Hypertensive Crisis (Decrease Tyramine); Makes chemicals available in the brain that are decreased by enzyme; Side effects include sedation, insomnia, weight gain, dry mouth
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Lithium
First Line agent in bipolar normalizes reuptake of serotonin, norepi, acetylcholine, dopamine - can be harmful to kidneys SE: Nausea, hand tremors, diarrhea, anorexia, polydipsia, metallic taste
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Normal Lithium
0.6-.12 mEq/L; levels above 1.5= toxic
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S/S Lithium Toxicity
Severe Diarrhea, Vomiting, Drowsiness, Muscle Weakness, Lack of Coordination
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Anxiolytics
Treatment of anxiety, insomnia, OCD, depression, PTSD, alcohol withdrawal (benzodiazepines- GABA) *Addictive
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Anxiolytics Time Frame of Usage
No longer than 6 weeks at a time
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Side Effects of Anxiolytics
Dependence, CNS Depression, Tolerance, Hangover Effects
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Examples of Anxiolytics
Benzodiazepines: Alprazolam (Xanax) Lorazepam (Ativan) Clonazepam (Klonopin) Diazepam (Valium) Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
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Inpatient Hospital Stay
Rapid Assessment; Stabilize Symptoms; Discharge Planning *goals completed quick *client-centered
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Short Stay
Short term Care that quickly stabilize and are discharged
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Long Term Care
Patients unable to be stabilized quickly and require additional treatment *home like care
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Clubhouse Model
Community based rehab that assists patients with daytime work, maintenance, support
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Residential Settings
Patients that require more structure with supervision and specific services (many variety options)
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Transitional Housing
Type of residential setting that allows patients to progress to independent living
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Adult Foster Care
Type of residential setting; 1-3 clients in a family atmosphere which includes meals and social activities
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Half Way House
Type of residential setting that temporarily placement that provides support as client prepares for independence
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Group Homes
Type of residential setting that includes 6-10 residents who take turns cooking, and doing chores with some supervision (1-2 staff members)
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Aaron Beck; focuses on faulty thinking resulting in distress and/or problems *therapist helps the patient be their own therapist
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Aaron Beck; CBT is designed to treat clients with borderline personality disorders who are chronically suicidal *clients learn mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness
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Free Association
An attempt to uncover the client's true thoughts and feelings by saying a word and asking the client to respond quickly with the first thing that comes to mind

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