Medications for Mental Health Conditions

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Across
  1. 1. Symptoms that occur upon cessation of repeated drug use
  2. 4. This acid can cause liver damage, so extreme care and monitoring needed
  3. 5. Lithium can damage... so regular bloodwork required to check level
  4. 6. Always have to outweigh negatives in treatment
  5. 10. Neurotransmitter
  6. 16. 10 letter word meaning cooperation with protocol
  7. 17. Neurotransmitter
  8. 19. Anti-anxiety medication is commonly referred to as ....... or "BENZOS"
  9. 22. Therapeutic means...
  10. 24. Always a bad idea to consume while taking medications in this category
  11. 28. Special ... must always be made in medications with children, teens, older adults and preganant, or "planning to become" pregnant women
  12. 29. Lithium can damage... so regular bloodwork required to monitor level
  13. 32. When a medication is at a level higher than therapeutic it is considered ...
  14. 33. Brains are incredibly...
  15. 34. Essential client stays in close .... with their Doctor
  16. 35. Main priority the drug. Biochemical changes in the brain, irrational behavior when they don't have the substance in their system
  17. 36. another word for psychotropic
  18. 37. One treatment does ... fit all the same
  19. 38. Natural chemicals in the brain are called...
  20. 39. Condition that affect the mind, where there has been some loss of contact with reality
  21. 40. Commonly used for panic disorders
  22. 41. Remember people can alwys feel your .....
  23. 42. Stopping medication withpout tapering off
Down
  1. 2. Another name for an anti-anxiety medication
  2. 3. Abnormal senses in person challenged with schizophrenia - seeing things that aren't there, feeling things touch them, hearing voices that no one else can, smelling nonexistant odors
  3. 7. Manifests by extreme high and lows in mood
  4. 8. Teratogen means ......
  5. 9. Term used whebn multiple medications are taken by one person
  6. 11. Neurotransmitter
  7. 12. Medications play a pivotol role in treating .... of mental illnesses
  8. 13. Tapering off medication
  9. 14. Characterized by the symptoms of tolerance and withdrawal. Possible to have a physical ... without being addicted, addiction is usually right around the corner
  10. 15. Abnormal thinking in person challenged with schizophrenia
  11. 18. Reduced reaction to a drug following its repeated use, more needed for result, more needed for result
  12. 20. Medication may take up to 3-4 weeks before individual feels .... of drug
  13. 21. I am not interseted in whether you've stood with the GREAT, I'm interested in whether you've sat with the ......
  14. 23. Classification of drug that gross abnormalities in developing fetus
  15. 25. Most well-known mood stabilizer (approved in the 1970's!!)
  16. 26. Sadly there is no .... for mental illnesses, just treatment to manage symptoms
  17. 27. Any long term use of antipyschotics could lead to "tardive ....", which is a condition that causes involuntary muscle movements
  18. 30. Word part meaning MIND
  19. 31. Medications used to treat depression