Nsg 552
psychopharmacology
Exam 3- QUESTION
AND CORRECT
ANSWER
personality disorders
psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social
functioning
substance abuse
Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for nonmedical p...
Nsg 552 psychopharmacology Exam 3 - QUESTION AND CORRECT ANSWER personality disorders psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning substance abuse Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for nonmedical purposes sexual disfunction a problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning neurodevelopmental disorders neurologically based disorders that are revealed in a clinically significant way during a child's developing years neurocognitive disorders acquired (not lifelon g) disorders marked by cognitive deficits; often related to Alzheimer's disease, brain injury or disease, or substance abuse. In older adults neurocognitive disorders were formerly called dementia neurocognitive disorders psychopathologies due to various f orms of damage to the nervous system not arising until adulthood Dementia Treating comorbidities such as depression -consider the whole picture Rivastigmine (Exelon) -Anticholinesterse - increases ACh -Alzheimer disease Rivastigmine (Exelon) acetylcholinest erase inhibitor - treat symptoms of alzheimers Memantine (Namenda) NMDA receptor antagonist - Alzheimer's Donepezil (Aricept) acetylcholinesterase inhibitor - inactivates enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine - which increases available acetylcholine - whic h slows progression of AD; SIDE EFFECTS : think parasympathetic activation - bradycardia, hypotension, urination, defecation, GI upset, salivation, sweating Galantamine (Reminyl) Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for Alzheimer's stops progression of alzheimer s delirium an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. Differences in delirium and dementia delirium is often reversible dementia is not
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