10/31/24, 9:38 PM 2024 update |NR546 Final Exam|2024-2025 LATEST|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% C…
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Lithium
Pharmacologic Treatment
Anticonvulsants
of Bipolar Disorder
Second generation antipsychotics
major depressive disorder (MDD)
one of the most common mental disorders
-Approximately 7.1% of adults in the U.S. had
episode in last year, prevalence highest (13.1%)
among individuals aged 18-25
S/S
Unipolar depression -depressed mood
-loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities
-irritability
-withdrawal
-problems with sleep, eating, energy, concentration,
or self-worth
-severe depression: may experience thoughts of
suicide or psychotic symptoms.
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Chronic condition characterized by extreme
fluctuations in mood, energy, and ability to function
-Moods may be manic, hypomanic, or depressed
and may include mixed mood or psychotic features
-many have only experienced only one manic
episode in their lifetime
Bipolar disorder (BD)
-Mood fluctuations may be separated by periods of
high stability or may cycle rapidly
-diagnosed when a client has one or more episodes
of mania or hypomania with a history of one or more
major depressive episodes
-high risk for suicide
characterized by a persistently elevated, expansive,
or irritable mood. Related symptoms may include
inflated self-esteem, increased goal-directed
activity or energy, including grandiosity, decreased
need for sleep, excessive talkativeness, racing
mania
thoughts, flight of ideas (FOI), distractibility,
psychomotor agitation, and a propensity to be
involved in high-risk activities. Mania leads to
significant functional impairment and may include
psychotic features or necessitate hospitalization
requires at least one episode of mania for at least
Bipolar Type I: one week (or any duration if hospitalization due to
symptoms is required)
diagnosis requires a current or past hypomanic
episode and a current or past major depressive
episode. Symptoms last for at least 4 days but fewer
than seven.
-Hypomanic symptoms are not of sufficient duration
or severity to cause significant functional
Bipolar Type II:
impairment, psychosis, or hospitalization.
-Anger and irritability are common.
-Clients often enjoy the elevation of mood and are
reluctant to report these symptoms, making bipolar
more difficult to diagnose if the client presents in
the depression phase.
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involves the chronic presentation of hypomanic and
depressive symptoms that do not meet the
Cyclothymia:
diagnostic criteria for a major depressive or
manic/hypomanic episode.
antidepressant therapy may precipitate a manic
If bipolar depression is episode or induce rapid-cycling bipolar depression
mistaken for MDD: -may contribute to the increased incidence of death
by suicide in children and adults younger than 25
Antidepressants are used monotherapy
cautiously in clients with -Antidepressants should be combined with a mood
bipolar disorder and stabilizer to prevent the onset of a hypomanic or
never as ________________. manic episode
Decreased positive affect:
depressed mood
loss of joy
DA, NE Dysfunction
lack of interest
causes what mood
loss of energy
related symptoms
decreased alertness
decreased self-confidence
appetite changes
Increased negative affect:
depressed mood
guilt
5HT, NE Dysfunction
fear/anxiety
causes what mood
hostility
related symptoms
irritability
loneliness
appetite changes
-depression occurs as a result of a deficiency of one
monoamine hypothesis or all three monoamine transmitters
of depression • serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine
-while mania may result from an excess
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