Psychopharm Quiz 3

With sensitive populations, tricyclic antidepressant medications generally should be avoided because of one particular set of side effects.  Which can be particularly problematic?

one of the tricyclics is potentially very dangerous when used with children because it can produce sudden death syndrome.  Which one is it?

One of the major problems with Tegretol (Carbamazepine), an extremely effective mood stabilizer, is that for some clients, it can complicate the treatment by causing which one of the following potentially deadly conditions?

Which group of medications is actually good for treating anxiety disorders on a long-term basis, but actually increases anxiety during initial administrations?

The effectiveness of which class of medications with bipolar disease, especially the rapid cycling kind, may have changed our understanding of the neural mechanisms of some forms of this problem?

The addition of what supplement has been shown to essentially cure bipolar disease from some people after the disorder has been stabilized with a medication?

One of the problems with using anti-anxiety drugs is that they get rid of anxiety in a few minutes.  This is a problem because?

Tyramine interacts with which medication potentially producing fatal hypertension?

Sleeping pills can be very effective at inducing sleep.  The main problem with inducing sleep in this way is that the sleep cycle can be disturbed in what way?

Many medications are particularly hard on the body.  The integrity of which two organs should be checked before a client begins taking some of the harsher medications?

one of the more common and distressing side effects of many SSRI's can become severe enough for people to simply stop taking the medications.  Women, in particular, complain about this side effect frequently.  what is it?

An antipsychotic is found to weakly suppress hallucinations and delusions.  It also slow produces fine movement disorders. What else probably characterizes this drug?

some anticonvulsant meds (anti-epilepsy drugs) are also commonly used for which psychiatric condition?

The new, second-gen antipsychotics have suggested that schizophrenia may not be what it has traditionally been considered to be.  Similarly, the newer therapies for do not rely as strongly on uncovering trauma, dysfunctional family background, or intrapsychic conflict.  Instead, the newer therapies more closely resemble what?

An important understanding that needs to be conveyed to clients when they consider using a medication for their problems is that?

The tertiary tricyclic antidepressants, like Elavil, are sometimes used to help people sleep.  People using these medications often report feeling more rested the next morning.  What accounts for this physical experience?

Which one of the pharmacokinetic factors is most troublesome when considering medications dose frequency for children and older folks?

Older folks are turning more and more to alternative or complementary medications.  A primary concern about the use of such medications is? (Could be the same for children)

With psychiatric disorders in children, especially very young children, which of the following is recommended as a first step?

Sudden or abrupt withdrawal of drugs that work through GABA systems and elevate the seizure threshold can produce what potentially fatal condition?