Mental Health Quiz #4

What are mild anxiety characteristics?

restlessness, irritability, everyone experiences, GO FOR A WALK, PROGRESSION RELAXATION

What are moderate anxiety characteristics?

selective attention, can't think clearly, increased VS, problem solving is narrow

What are severe anxiety characteristics?

cannot problem solve, dizziness, insomnia, hyperventilation, DO NOT LEAVE PT ALONE

What are panic characteristics?

unable to process anything, lose touch of reality, screaming, pacing, hallucinations, exhaustion, DO NOT LEAVE PT ALONE

Acrophobia

heights

Agoraphobia

open spaces

Astrophobia

electrical storms

Claustrophobia

closed spaces

Glossophobia

talking

Hematophobia

blood

Hydrophobia

water

Monophobia

being alone

Mysophobia

germs or dirt

Nyctophobia

darkness

Pyrophobia

fires

Xenophobia

strangers

Zoophobia

animals

What are obsessions?

thoughts/images that persist and cannot be dismissed

What are compulsions?

ritualistic behavior

Main symptom of GAD?

excessive worrying

Name some cultural symptoms with Latin Americans/Northern Europeans and how they perceive panic attacks.

choking, numbness, tingling, fear of dying

What is Buspar used for?

Maintenance for anxiety, DO NOT give with hepatic/ renal fx, monitor liver/hepatic fx

Benzos: Lorazepam, Alprazolam, Diazepam, NI?

decreased motor function, DO NOT give to pt with alcohol use disorder (CNS depressant), short acting

What medications are taken for OCD?

SSRI

What are NI for OCD?

Allow time for their rituals. "I will help you get dressed./ I will give you 10 min. to get dressed.", identify their triggers

What comes first with PTSD?

safety

Common causes of PTSD are...

military, natural disasters, witness of traumatic event, diagnosis of terminal illness

What are some S/S of PTSD?

nightmares, reliving the event, insomnia, trust issues, irritability, increased alertness, fight or flight, chronic depression, suicidal idealizations

What medications are used for PTSD?

Setraline, Paroxetine, Venalafaxine, Fluoxetine

What are S/S of Depersonalization/Derealization disorder?

narrowed/blurred vision, high-pitched hearing

What is dissociative fugue?

forgetting own identity, (suddenly leaving and not knowing who they are), memory can return randomly

What are some causes of DID?

severe sexual/physical/psychological trauma in childhood

What are medications for DID?

no specific meds