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A strong understanding of the functions of the brain and neurotransmitter roles in
illness and treatment is needed to:
- answer-appropriately prescribe psychotropic medications
Adherence
- answer-Persistence
-taking med over intended time period
Compliance
-taking med as prescribed
amygdala
- answer-involved in emotional regulation and perception of odors
basal ganglia
- answer-group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements
brain tissue
- answer-made up of grey matter and white matter
broca's area
- answer-speech production
central sulcus
- answer-separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
cerebellum
- answer-coordination
Client, clinician, and structural factors all contribute to _______
- answer-non-adherence
Conditioning memory:
- answer-Reacting to a sound that has been associated with pain.
, Consideration must also be given to each client's unique circumstances when
prescribing medications including their:
- answer--symptoms
-age
-physical health
-lifestyle
corpus callosum
- answer-controls the communication between the two brain hemispheres
Declarative memory:
- answer-Memory for events and facts.
dorsal striatum
- answer-involved in complex motor actions and linkage of cognition to motor
actions
-main input area for basal ganglia
*activated when anticipating or engaging in pleasure
Episodic memory:
- answer-Memories of personal experiences about one's own life (what, where,
when, and with whom they occurred).
frontal lobe
- answer-associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking
grey matter
- answer-contains nerve cells and dendrites
hippocampus
- answer-involved in both memory and anxiety
How does reviewing the genetic makeup of a client help guide the PMHNP in
selecting medication for clients?
- answer--Genetic testing can assist by providing more information on how clients
may respond to certain psychotropic medications
-provides information on how a client may break down and metabolize
medications based on the cytochrome P450 system.