mental health exam 2

CAGE

Cut

Annoyed

Guilty

Eye opener

CIWA

Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment

Tolerance

The need for increasingly larger/more frequent doses to obtain desired effect

Withdrawal

When a person who has been drinking too much alcohol everyday suddenly stops drinking

Lorazepam

(CNS depressant) prevents the overexcitability of withdrawal

Haldol

(antipsychotic) for withdrawal hallucinations

Delirium tremens

 Severe alcohol withdrawal, state of severe confusion/visual hallucinations

Wernicke

 brain degenerative disease from thiamine deficiency

Korsakoff

Neuropsychiatric disorder resulting from Wernicke’s encephalopathy

confabulation

Where a person unconsciously generates fabricated memories to fill in gaps in their recollection unintentionally

Tourette’s disorder

Involves both motor and vocal tics

Intellectual Disability Disorder

intellectual function deficit (reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking)

Amphetamine

 Improved attention/concentration.

Side effects: Insomnia, tachycardia

M-CHAT

 A screening tool used to identify early signs of autism in young children

Anorexia

Afraid of becoming obese. Severe food restriction, sometimes purging

Bulimia

Perfectionism with maintaining weight. Binge eating followed by purging

Binge-eating

binging (no purging), guilt afterward

Borderline personality disorder

Staff splitting, anger, intense, chaotic relationships

Antisocial personality disorder

Against social rules, disrespectful, harmful

Histrionic personality disorder

Flamboyant, attention seeking behavior

Avoidant personality disorder

Avoids social places, fear of embarrassment

Dependent personality disorder

Depends on others too much, needs constant reassurance

Narcissistic personality disorder

Obsessed with appearance, superiority complex

Paranoid personality disorder

Paranoia and suspicious of others without reason