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personality disorder an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture -this pattern is manifested in two or more of the following areas: --cognition (ways of perceiving self/others) --affectivity (emotional responses) --interpersonal functioning --impulse control psychopathy antisocial personality construct impairments to ways you view and interact with the world can't be diagnosed until after 18 ...

Primary prevention Actually preventing the thing Secondary Prevention early identification and treatment Tertiary prevention Avoiding complications Norms are considered The right patterns of behavior for a society Crisis is a time limited response lasting 4 to 6 weeks What initiates a crisis A crisis is initiated by internal or external demands that are perceived as a threat to a persons physical or emotional functioning. Precipitating event is stressf...

-An expectable or culturally approved response to a common stressor or loss, such as the death of a loved one -Socially deviant behavior (i.e. political, religious, or sexual) and conflicts that are primarily between the individual and society (unless the behaviors are due to a dysfunction) What is not considered a mental disorder? -Associated with significant distress or disability in social, occupation, or other important activities -Significant disturbance in cognition, emotion regu...

naloxone MOA: Pure opioid antagonist that competes and displaces opioids at opioid receptor sites. methadone, buprenorphine, buprenorphine+naloxone Treatments for opioid use disorder. buprenorphine+naloxone Treatment for opioid use disorder with comorbid pain. opioids Inappropriate use of what substance may be due to uncontrolled pain? tablet, injectable, implant Naltrexone delivery methods. implant Form of naltrexone limited to inpatient use. bupr...

What are the 6 general principles of psychopharmacological treatment? Safety Tolerability Efficacy Practicality Treatment accessibility Treatment compliance Pharmacokinetics How the drug moves in the body. (ex. Where is it absorbed? How and where is it metabolized? Where is it excreted?) Pharmacodynamics What the drug does to the body. (consider mechanism of action) Define First-generation antipsychotics Referred to as Typical Antipsychotics. Most have strong bond w...

Advanced health assessment 500 exam 1 107 questions and answers

b (From Kozier & Erb.Rationale: If there is any doubt, the medication administration process should be interrupted until the question is clarified. Listen to the client. Find out any other information the client may have about that certain medication. For example, does he know the dosage of the medication taken at home? Do not administer the medication (option 1). Inform the client that you will check the chart first. Review the chart to make sure there is no discrepancy between the physician'...

Psychopharmacology Exam 1 review| 52 questions and answers.

Gynecomastia causes -Aging -Neonatal period, puberty (tall/overweight teenagers) -Obesity Hypothyroidism -85% women -May be due to failure or resection of the thyroid gland itself or deficiency of pituitary TSH Goiter -May be present with thyroiditis, iodine deficiency, genetic thyroid enzyme defects, drug goitrogens (lithium, iodine, propylthiouracil or methimazole, sulfonamides, amiodarone, interferon-alpha, interferon-beta, interluekin-2, food goitrogens in iodine-deficien...

existential therapy founders Key figures: Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, and Irvin Yalom existential therapy focused on the human search for meaning in existence, emphasizing individuality and choice gestalt therapy *Basic goal = self support, deals with awareness. Here and Now. Taking responsibility for ones own actions enhancing awareness gestalt therapy founder fritz (Frederick and laura?)pers and Paul Goodman central relational paradox concept of relational cult...