Medications for Mental Health Conditions

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