Susan Shared "Stress and Coping" - 8 Picmonics
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Stress and Coping
Anxiety Assessment
- Mild
- Increased Alertness
- Heightened Perception
- Moderate
- Perception Narrowed
- Short Attention Span
- Shaking
- Severe
- Ineffective Problem Solving
- Automatic Behavior
- Hyperventilation
- Panic
- Hallucinations
- Inability to Function or Communicate
2 mins
Buspirone (Buspar)
- Mechanism
- Increases Serotonin
- Indications
- Anxiety
- Side Effects
- Dizziness
- Insomnia
- Considerations
- Delayed Effect
- Safer with Alcohol than Other Anxiolytics
- Low Side Effect Profile
- Low Abuse Potential
1 min
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Assessment
- Repetitive and Intrusive Thoughts
- Suppressed by Thought or Action
- Interferes with Daily Functioning
- May or May Not Be Aware
- Interventions
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
- Clomipramine
- Venlafaxine
3 mins
Fluoxetine (Prozac)
- Mechanism of Action
- Inhibits Reuptake of Serotonin
- Indications
- Depression
- Side Effects
- Sexual Dysfunction
- CNS Stimulation
- Weight Changes
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Contraindications
- No MAO-Is
- No Anticoagulants / Antiplatelets
- Considerations
- Suicide Risk
- Delayed Onset of Action
2 mins
Social Anxiety Disorder
- Classification
- Phobia
- Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
- Venlaflaxine
- Beta-Blockers
- Benzodiazepines
2 mins
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) Overview
- Indications
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Mechanism of Action
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
- Drugs
- Paroxetine
- Sertraline
- Escitalopram
- Fluoxetine
- Side Effects
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Treat with Cyproheptadine
2 mins
Benzodiazepine Antidote
- Antidote
- Flumazenil
40 secs
Benzodiazepine Intoxication Assessment
- Drowsiness
- Confusion
- Respiratory Depression
- Hypotension
- Coma
- Treatment
- Flumazenil (Romazicon)
2 mins
