CSAMS exam: Mental Health and
Psychopharmacology Overview Questions
With Solutions
Zyprexa Commonly prescribed antipsychotic for schizophrenia.
Psychotropic Medication Drugs altering nervous system function, affecting perception,
mood, cognition, and behavior.
Dysthymia Disorder Mild, but long-term form of depression. (depressive disorder)
Co-Occurring Disorders Presence of mental health disorder and substance abuse issue in a
client.
- 50/60% of people have a co-occuring disorder
Axis Levels Clinical, Personality, Medical, Global Assessment Factors, and Life stressors
levels.
Affective Mental Health Disorder set of psychiatric disorders called mood disorders. the
main type is bipolar disorder and depression
, CSAMS exam: Mental Health and
Psychopharmacology Overview Questions
With Solutions
Psychosis Disorder Mental disorder characterized by disconnection from reality.
Symptoms include incoherence, agitation, delusions and hallucinations.
Anti-Social Disorder Characterized by impulsive, irresponsible, and often criminal
behavior. someone with this will be manipulative, deceitful, and recklessness and will not care
for other people's feelings
- repeating criminal behavior, lying, fighting, lack of remorse
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Mental disorder characterized as unstable mood
behavior and relationships.
- Symptoms of emotional instability, feelings of unworthlessness, insecurity, impulsivity, and
impaired social relationships.
Depression Characterized by flat affect, weight change, and difficulty concentrating.
Bipolar Disorder Mental illness causing unusual shifts in mood, energy, and activity
levels.
Psychopharmacology Overview Questions
With Solutions
Zyprexa Commonly prescribed antipsychotic for schizophrenia.
Psychotropic Medication Drugs altering nervous system function, affecting perception,
mood, cognition, and behavior.
Dysthymia Disorder Mild, but long-term form of depression. (depressive disorder)
Co-Occurring Disorders Presence of mental health disorder and substance abuse issue in a
client.
- 50/60% of people have a co-occuring disorder
Axis Levels Clinical, Personality, Medical, Global Assessment Factors, and Life stressors
levels.
Affective Mental Health Disorder set of psychiatric disorders called mood disorders. the
main type is bipolar disorder and depression
, CSAMS exam: Mental Health and
Psychopharmacology Overview Questions
With Solutions
Psychosis Disorder Mental disorder characterized by disconnection from reality.
Symptoms include incoherence, agitation, delusions and hallucinations.
Anti-Social Disorder Characterized by impulsive, irresponsible, and often criminal
behavior. someone with this will be manipulative, deceitful, and recklessness and will not care
for other people's feelings
- repeating criminal behavior, lying, fighting, lack of remorse
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Mental disorder characterized as unstable mood
behavior and relationships.
- Symptoms of emotional instability, feelings of unworthlessness, insecurity, impulsivity, and
impaired social relationships.
Depression Characterized by flat affect, weight change, and difficulty concentrating.
Bipolar Disorder Mental illness causing unusual shifts in mood, energy, and activity
levels.
