FITZGERALD PMHNP SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Activating Antidepressants: - good for patients who want to avoid medications that
cause tiredness
Sedating:
Maintenance for MDD treatment?
Most lethal SSRI in overdose =•Associated with dose-dependent QTC prolongation in
doses 40+mg•Max dose in Geriatrics= 20mg
All SSRIs
2 flu's
Pregnant
2 sits
Relax
Which SSRI has least drug-drug interactions?
Which one has the most sexual dysfunction and makes you tired? - ✔✔- Fluoxetine,
Sertraline, Escitalopram, Effexor ( symptoms restlessness, agitation, anxiety)-
Fluvoxamine(Luvox), Paroxetine
- at least 6 months (Up to 1 year)
-Citalopram (Celexa)
- Escitalopram
- Paroxetine
✔✔SNRI - ✔✔Venlafaxine
Desvenlafaxine
, Duloxetine
Monitor BP
✔✔Bupropion
TCA's - ✔✔
✔✔Serotonin discontinuation syndrome
FINISH - ✔✔Sensory disturbance, sleeping disturbance, disequilibrium, flu like sx,
dizzy, n/v
✔✔Chapter 9 Anxiety Disorders - ✔✔
✔✔GAD 7 - ✔✔Generalized Anxiety Disorder /used to get objective data.. evidence
based assessment.
- 5-9 mild
10-14 moderate
15-21 severe
✔✔Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) - ✔✔14-17 Mild Anxiety
18-24 Moderate Anxiety
25-30 Severe Anxiety
✔✔Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale - ✔✔20-44 normal range
45-59 mild to moderate
60-74 marked to severe
75-80 extreme anxiety
✔✔Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) - ✔✔OCD
0-7 subclinical
8-15 Mild
16-23 Moderate
24-31 Severe
32-40 Extreme
✔✔Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) - ✔✔For... diagnosis PTSD
symptoms/severity
Clinician-rated
Higher the score = bad
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Activating Antidepressants: - good for patients who want to avoid medications that
cause tiredness
Sedating:
Maintenance for MDD treatment?
Most lethal SSRI in overdose =•Associated with dose-dependent QTC prolongation in
doses 40+mg•Max dose in Geriatrics= 20mg
All SSRIs
2 flu's
Pregnant
2 sits
Relax
Which SSRI has least drug-drug interactions?
Which one has the most sexual dysfunction and makes you tired? - ✔✔- Fluoxetine,
Sertraline, Escitalopram, Effexor ( symptoms restlessness, agitation, anxiety)-
Fluvoxamine(Luvox), Paroxetine
- at least 6 months (Up to 1 year)
-Citalopram (Celexa)
- Escitalopram
- Paroxetine
✔✔SNRI - ✔✔Venlafaxine
Desvenlafaxine
, Duloxetine
Monitor BP
✔✔Bupropion
TCA's - ✔✔
✔✔Serotonin discontinuation syndrome
FINISH - ✔✔Sensory disturbance, sleeping disturbance, disequilibrium, flu like sx,
dizzy, n/v
✔✔Chapter 9 Anxiety Disorders - ✔✔
✔✔GAD 7 - ✔✔Generalized Anxiety Disorder /used to get objective data.. evidence
based assessment.
- 5-9 mild
10-14 moderate
15-21 severe
✔✔Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) - ✔✔14-17 Mild Anxiety
18-24 Moderate Anxiety
25-30 Severe Anxiety
✔✔Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale - ✔✔20-44 normal range
45-59 mild to moderate
60-74 marked to severe
75-80 extreme anxiety
✔✔Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) - ✔✔OCD
0-7 subclinical
8-15 Mild
16-23 Moderate
24-31 Severe
32-40 Extreme
✔✔Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) - ✔✔For... diagnosis PTSD
symptoms/severity
Clinician-rated
Higher the score = bad
