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Psychiatric Mental Health I Review
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Regis
Question:
medication to treat bipolar depression
Answer:
lamotrigine
SJS
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gold standard treatment for manic episodes
Answer:
lithium
slow onset, supplement with SGA in beginning
,Question:
baseline lithium labs
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Thyroid levels
kidney function
CBC
pregnancy
ECG if >50 YO
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acute mania treatment BPD
Answer:
MEDICAL EMERGENCY: treat first labs later
valproate (now surpassed lithium)
lithium (slow onset)
atypical/typical antipsychotics
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treatment of BP acute depression
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olanzapine and fluoxetine for 8 weeks
failure: verapamil
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maintenance treatment BPD
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lithium
depakote
carbamazepine
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valproate therapeutic range for mania
lab monitoring
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target: 80
range: 50-125
LFTs
CBC
serum valproate level
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mesolimbic pathway blockade (1st generation antipsychotics)
Answer:
anhedonia; reward system blocked