NURS 2050 Lecture Notes - Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, Tardive Dyskinesia, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
11 Apr 2013
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Depression: also used to treat other conditions, official indications: schizophrenia, schitzoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, other uses: tics, behaviour problems, obsessive compulsive disorder. Hallucinations (auditory most common, meds are good at getting rid/dulling this) Executive functioning (being about to adapt to a new plan) Positive symptoms: things are added (voices, seeing things ect. ) Negative symptoms: things are taken away (motivation, follow through, interactions, etc. ) **are better treated with social support/rehab than pills for neg. Dopamine pathways: (all block dopamine receptors- d2 receptors, block it but not all the time. If you block it for too long you will get side effects. i. e. motor symptoms) Eps: nigrostriatal: causes eps (i. e. parkinsonism, mesolimbic: relief of psychosis (devil lies down, mesocortical: increase in negative symptoms, tuberoinfundibular: prolactin levels rise (pregnancy symptoms, lose period, engorgement of breasts, pain in brest + lactation, sexual dysfunction)
