Final Exam: NR547 / NR 547 (Latest
Update 2024 / 2025) Differential Diagnosis in Psychiatric-Mental Health across the Lifespan Practicum | Study Review Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
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Stimulant Use Disorder
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-Most common: amphetamines, cocaine, "bath salts," and "club drugs" -Amphetamines can be ingested orally, intravenously, and nasally
-Symptoms of acute stimulant intoxication:
• euphoria • rambling speech • headache • transient ideas of reference • tinnitus • paranoid ideation • auditory & tactile hallucinations 1 / 4
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Long-term stimulant use disorder can result in:
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chaotic behavior, social isolation, aggressive behavior, and sexual dysfunction.
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Stimulant withdrawal symptoms
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-fatigue -increased appetite -dysphoria -increased craving -possibly depressive symptoms with suicide ideation
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Comorbid disorders associated with stimulant use disorder
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most common: other substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders such
as mood, psychotic, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, attention- deficit/hyperactivity, and gambling disorders
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Treatment for stimulant use disorder
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detoxification and psychosocial therapy -no pharmacologic treatments for symptoms of stimulant withdrawal or to decrease stimulant use
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Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Use Disorder
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most common substances: benzodiazepines, benzodiazepine-like drugs (e.g.,
zolpidem, zaleplon), carbamates (e.g., glutethimide, meprobamate), barbiturates (e.g., secobarbital), and barbiturate-like hypnotics (e.g., glutethimide, methaqualone), all prescription sleeping medications and almost all prescription antianxiety medications
Symptoms of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic intoxication:
-incoordination -dysarthria -nystagmus -impaired memory -gait disturbance -severe cases, stupor, coma, or death
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Benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms
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anxiety, dysphoria, intolerance for bright lights and loud noises, nausea, sweating, and sometimes seizures
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Barbiturates and barbiturate-like substance withdrawal symptoms
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range from mild symptoms such as anxiety, weakness, sweating, and insomnia to severe symptoms such as seizures, delirium, and death.
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Treatment and rehabilitation for a person with a sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use disorder
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-requires tapering to prevent withdrawal symptoms -Follow-up treatment, usually with psychiatric help and community support
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