Mental Health Proctor Exam 2024/2025 Rated A+

Coma--> death (Max lithium toxicity) {Ans: greater than 2.5 mEq/L}CNS stimulants {Ans: for ADHD-->Methylphenidate, amphetamine mixture, dextroamphetamine}meds for anxiety disorders for children {Ans: no FDA approved for children, SSRI's maybe}Medications for eating disorders {Ans: SSRI's}Communication strategy for borderline and antisocial {Ans: Limit-setting & consistency}centrally acting alpha blockers {Ans: Prazosin}meds for oppositional defiant disorder {Ans: not generally prescribed}Mood stabilizer {Ans: lithium carbonate}Meds for schizophrenia {Ans: conventional antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics, 3rd gen antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizing agents, benzos}communication strategies for dependent & histrionic personality {Ans: assertiveness training and modeling}2nd gen antipsychotics {Ans: Risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, clozapine}Cluster B personality disorders {Ans: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic}meds for adjustment disorder and dissociative disorders {Ans: usually not prescribed unless finding of depression or anxiety}Meds for personality disorders {Ans: Psychotropic agents, antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, or mood stabilizers}cholinesterase inhibitors {Ans: Donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine}meds for illness anxiety disorder {Ans: antidepressants and anxiolytics}meds for somatic disorders {Ans: antidepressants and anxiolytics, analgesics}Meds for Depressive disorders {Ans: SSRI's, TCA's, MOAI's, atypical antidepressants, SNRI's, st. johns wort, light therapy}SSRI's {Ans: Fluoxetine, citalopram, setraline, escitalopram, paroxetine, vilazodone}Meds for anxiety disorders {Ans: SSRI's, SNRI's,