Outspoken opponent of NP role
Martha Rogers
Treatment for AUD
Naltrexone 50mg daily to prevent relapse
Acamprosate
resembles GABA and
... [Show More] NMDA antagonist. Anti-craving drug used for maintenance therapy of alcohol withdrawal. Dose 2000 mg/day. Combining acamprosate and naltrexone may be more beneficial together
Disulfiram- 250mg day
What drug is used to prevent alcohol consumption by blocking aldehyde dehydrogenase?
Naloxone (Narcan)
opiate antagonist, reverses opioid induced resiratory depression
Buprenorphine
Suboxone- used for detoxification and part of maintenance therapy in opioid withdrawal.
temporal lobe
key role in long-term memory, hearing, and interpretation of visual stimuli
Salvador Minuchin
Structural Family Therapy: uses joining, enactment, boundary making, and mimesis techniques
Carol Anderson and William McFarlane
psychoeducational family therapy
Robert Liberman and Lawrence Weathers
behavioral family therapy
Michael White & David Epston
Narrative Therapy
Inhibitor
substance that decreases the metabolism of drugs and leads to higher levels leading to toxicity
Inducer
a substance that increases the rate of a specific enzyme synthesis from a lower to a higher level
Cyclothymic Disorder Criteria
A) For at least 2 years (at least 1 year in children and adolescents) there have been numerous periods with hypomanic symptoms that do not meet criteria for a hypomanic episode and numerous periods with depressive symptoms that do not meet criteria for a major depressive episode.
B) During the above 2-year period (1 year in children and adolescents), the hypomanic and depressive periods have been present for at least half the time and the individual has not been without the symptoms for more than 2 months at a time.
C) Criteria for a major depressive, manic, or hypomanic episode have never been met.
D) The symptoms in Criterion A are not better explained by schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder, or other specified or unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder.
E) The symptoms are not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or another medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism).
F) The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
negative reinforcement
the reinforcement of a response by the removal, escape from, or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus
positive reinforcement
Increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli, such as food. A positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response.
negative punishment
the removal of a stimulus to decrease the probability of a behavior's recurring
positive punishment
The application of an undesirable stimulus to reduce specific behavior
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)
Moderate depression that persists for two years or more
Clozapine
the drug of choice for treatment-resistnat shizophrenia. Can cause increased weight gain and agranulocytosis rarely so must monitor the absolute neutrophil count. Also good choice for drug-induced psychosis in patients with Parkinson's Disease.
Glutamyltransferase (GGT) and carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT)
provides up to 90% of sensitivity for heavy, chronic alcohol usage
Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)
W/D similiar to ETOH w/d and benzo w/d and is rare due to rapid elimination of the drug. Sx's include anxiety, insomnia, tremor, confusion, nausea, and vomiting
Medicare Part B
The part of the Medicare program that pays for physician services, outpatient hospital services, durable medical equipment, and other services and supplies.
Part of brain smaller in patients with dissociative identity disorder
Hippocampus and Amygdala
"claims-made policy"
-a liability policy that pays claims only during the period that the policy is active. A "tail coverage" covers future claims should the NP change insurers or retire.
cross-sectional study
A study in which a representative cross section of the population is tested or surveyed at one specific time to assess disease incidence and prevalence.
Case-control study
One type of epidemiological study design used to identify factors that may contribute to a medical condition by comparing a group of patients who have that condition with a group of patients who do not.
randomized controlled trial
An experimental study in which researchers randomly assign individuals to either an experimental or a control group and expose the experimental group to the manipulated variable of interest. [Show Less]