NURS 210 Final: Mood Disorders Questions
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Negative Symptoms Those that take away from the psyche
-Social/emotional withdrawal
-Lack of motivation
-Difficulty in speech
-Blunted affect
-Poor insight
-Poor judgment
-Poor self-care
Cognitive Effects of Schizophrenia Memory
Attention
Speech
Decision-making
Thought content
,Antipsychotic Drugs
1st Generation
Conventional
(Thorazine) Block receptors for Dopamine in the CNS
Can cause extrapyramidal symptoms EPS (movement disorders) at low, medium, or high
potency
Block dopamine, acetylcholine, histamine, and norepinephrine
*Not very selective
Antipsychotic Drugs
2nd Generation
Atypical Moderate dopamine effects and increased effect on serotonin
Increased metabolic effects (weight gain, diabetes, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular events, and
early death)
, What is the largest issue with the 2nd generation antipsychotic drugs? Metabolic defects
(wt. gain)
Phenothiazines
1st Generation
Conventional Main effects: decrease in symptoms
May cause EPS
Extrapyramidal Side Effects EPS Tardive dyskinesia (spastic movement of the tongue and
face)
Akathsia (uncontrollable need to move)
Parkinsonism (bradykinesia, mask-like face, drooling, tremor, rigidity, shuffling feet)
Acute dystonia (spasm of the muscles of the tongue, face, neck, or back)
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Negative Symptoms Those that take away from the psyche
-Social/emotional withdrawal
-Lack of motivation
-Difficulty in speech
-Blunted affect
-Poor insight
-Poor judgment
-Poor self-care
Cognitive Effects of Schizophrenia Memory
Attention
Speech
Decision-making
Thought content
,Antipsychotic Drugs
1st Generation
Conventional
(Thorazine) Block receptors for Dopamine in the CNS
Can cause extrapyramidal symptoms EPS (movement disorders) at low, medium, or high
potency
Block dopamine, acetylcholine, histamine, and norepinephrine
*Not very selective
Antipsychotic Drugs
2nd Generation
Atypical Moderate dopamine effects and increased effect on serotonin
Increased metabolic effects (weight gain, diabetes, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular events, and
early death)
, What is the largest issue with the 2nd generation antipsychotic drugs? Metabolic defects
(wt. gain)
Phenothiazines
1st Generation
Conventional Main effects: decrease in symptoms
May cause EPS
Extrapyramidal Side Effects EPS Tardive dyskinesia (spastic movement of the tongue and
face)
Akathsia (uncontrollable need to move)
Parkinsonism (bradykinesia, mask-like face, drooling, tremor, rigidity, shuffling feet)
Acute dystonia (spasm of the muscles of the tongue, face, neck, or back)
