Week Five Exam Review
Review Depression screening across the lifespan, when do you consider Unipolar versus Bipolar
depression. Review Geriatric Depression Scale, indications, scoring and indications for
treatment.
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for depression and adjustment disorder with depressed
mood
Review differentials for depressed mood including physical illnesses and medication/substance
use.
When can anxious distress be used as a modifier?
Which non-pharmacological measures are effective in treatment of depression and when are they
appropriate
Antidepressant dosing including starting doses
Review Bipolar screening across the lifespan
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for bipolar I versus bipolar II versus cyclothymia – how to
differentiate
Review differentials for bipolar including physical illnesses and medication/substance use.
Review rapid cycling of type 1 bipolar disorder – who is at higher risk for rapid cycling
Manic triggers including medication management
Treatment of acute manic episodes – what is first line treatment (mood stabilization)
Manic symptoms – urgent treatment and consequences of not treating (length of non-treated
episodes)
Pharmacological management of bipolar symptoms including Lamotrigine and Lithium
treatment, monitoring and patient education
Review workup for mood disorder including Lab values.
Suicide risk factors
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, Week Six Exam Review
Review Dementia screening across the lifespan. What do each items represent (i.e. long term
memory, short term memory etc.) MOCA scale including indications, domains, scoring and
treatment indications. Know what scoring means and what treatment the score indicates.
Review work up and physical causes of confusion in older adults.
Review screening for geriatric depression (MOCA)
How to differentiate depression from dementia in elderly patients.
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for depression, delirium and dementia
Review different types of dementia including:
Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia
Vascular dementia, caused by damage to the vessels that supply blood to brain
Lewy body dementia – often accompanied by hallucinations and aggressive behaviors
Frontotemporal dementia
Mixed dementia.
Risk factors for neurocognitive disorders
Review testing for dementia, including Alzhiemer’s, including labs and diagnostics
Review medications for dementia, including classification and first line treatment for mild,
moderate and severe dementias
Dementia versus delirium, criteria for each, symptoms for each, differences
Diagnostic criteria for dementia versus delirium
Risk factors for delirium
Treatment for reversible causes of delirium
Major neurocognitive disorder- mild versus moderate versus severe – conservative treatment for
mild neurocognitive didorder
Behavioral disturbance as a modifier
Treatment of psychosis in delirium
Outcomes and expectations with dementia treatment, family education
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Review Depression screening across the lifespan, when do you consider Unipolar versus Bipolar
depression. Review Geriatric Depression Scale, indications, scoring and indications for
treatment.
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for depression and adjustment disorder with depressed
mood
Review differentials for depressed mood including physical illnesses and medication/substance
use.
When can anxious distress be used as a modifier?
Which non-pharmacological measures are effective in treatment of depression and when are they
appropriate
Antidepressant dosing including starting doses
Review Bipolar screening across the lifespan
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for bipolar I versus bipolar II versus cyclothymia – how to
differentiate
Review differentials for bipolar including physical illnesses and medication/substance use.
Review rapid cycling of type 1 bipolar disorder – who is at higher risk for rapid cycling
Manic triggers including medication management
Treatment of acute manic episodes – what is first line treatment (mood stabilization)
Manic symptoms – urgent treatment and consequences of not treating (length of non-treated
episodes)
Pharmacological management of bipolar symptoms including Lamotrigine and Lithium
treatment, monitoring and patient education
Review workup for mood disorder including Lab values.
Suicide risk factors
This study source was downloaded by 100000884024057 from CourseHero.com on 11-30-2024 01:43:23 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/242279373/Final-Exam-Review-NR547-2024-1docx/
, Week Six Exam Review
Review Dementia screening across the lifespan. What do each items represent (i.e. long term
memory, short term memory etc.) MOCA scale including indications, domains, scoring and
treatment indications. Know what scoring means and what treatment the score indicates.
Review work up and physical causes of confusion in older adults.
Review screening for geriatric depression (MOCA)
How to differentiate depression from dementia in elderly patients.
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for depression, delirium and dementia
Review different types of dementia including:
Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia
Vascular dementia, caused by damage to the vessels that supply blood to brain
Lewy body dementia – often accompanied by hallucinations and aggressive behaviors
Frontotemporal dementia
Mixed dementia.
Risk factors for neurocognitive disorders
Review testing for dementia, including Alzhiemer’s, including labs and diagnostics
Review medications for dementia, including classification and first line treatment for mild,
moderate and severe dementias
Dementia versus delirium, criteria for each, symptoms for each, differences
Diagnostic criteria for dementia versus delirium
Risk factors for delirium
Treatment for reversible causes of delirium
Major neurocognitive disorder- mild versus moderate versus severe – conservative treatment for
mild neurocognitive didorder
Behavioral disturbance as a modifier
Treatment of psychosis in delirium
Outcomes and expectations with dementia treatment, family education
This study source was downloaded by 100000884024057 from CourseHero.com on 11-30-2024 01:43:23 GMT -06:00
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