Medications for Mental Health Conditions

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