increase prolactin - - Stop prolactin (stop the agent that cause increase prolactin)
3-year-old masturbates, play with self, says naughty things - Normal for Piaget
5-year-old tells you his brother sodomized him - - Tell mom don't leave him alone with patient
and call CPS implement crisis
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• 0.05-0.1 µg/kg/min IV/IO infusion initially, then 0.01-0.05 µg/kg/min IV/IO
In babies with congenital heart defects, it is used by slow injection into a vein to open the ductus
arteriosus until the surgery can be carried out. By injection into the penis or placement in the
urethra, it is used to treat erectile dysfunction .
Amygdala: - ✔✔- Fear, anxiety, and aggression
Amygdala - ✔✔- A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion, anxiety, particularly fear
and aggression
Anorexia (SAFETY = KEY) - ✔✔- Set up family therapy (especially adolescent pts since they have no
control over food choices)
Anorexia admission criteria for hospitalization - ✔✔- Weight loss over 30 % over 6 months, severe
hypothermia (temp lower than 36 C or 96.8 F), heart rate less than 40 beats per minute, systolic
blood pressure less than 70 mm hg, and hypokalemia (less than 3 mEq/L).
anorexia nervosa - ✔✔- BMI less than 18.5
- BMI < 16 = AUTOMATIC ADMISSION
- An eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves
ANOVA (analysis of variance) - ✔✔an inferential statistical test for comparing the means of three or
more groups
Antidepressant takes - ✔✔4 to 6 weeks
, Prozac causes what? - ✔✔increase anxiety in elderly
Apoptosis - ✔✔programmed cell death in aging/elderly
Appreciative Inquiry - ✔✔- Dream (wishes or dreams of organization)
- Design (decide what you want to change)
- Destiny (make it happen, implanting change)
Appreciative Inquiry - ✔✔an organizational change strategy that directs the group's attention away
from its own problems and focuses participants on the group's potential and positive elements
Appreciative Inquiry - ✔✔an organizational change philosophy and process building organizations
around what works, rather than focusing on and trying to fix what doesn't work
Appreciative Inquiry - ✔✔- Identify the problem
- Analyze the problem
- Generate solutions
- Implement best solution
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) - ✔✔community-based programs that provide many of the
services that are necessary for successful community living; includes case management, problem-
solving, social skills training, support, teaching on a 24/7 basis
Assertive questions - ✔✔- Use "I want", "I need", or "I feel" to convey basic assertions and get your
point across firmly. For example "I feel strongly that we need to bring in a third party to medicate this
disagreement" another example "Dave, your request has caught me off guard. I'll get back to you
within the half hour".
Assess when someone ready to quit drinking - ✔✔- See what stage they in ask when ready to start
treatment
States that change such as in health behaviors occurs in six predictable stages - ✔✔o
Precontemplation: The person has no intention to change.
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