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Exam 1: NU664C / NU 664C (
Update 2025 / 2026) Family Psychiatric Mental Health I Review Questions & Answers ( Answers)- Regis
Question:
medication to treat bipolar depression
Answer:
lamotrigine SJS
Question:
gold standard treatment for manic episodes
Answer:
lithium slow onset, supplement with SGA in beginning
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Question:
baseline lithium labs
Answer:
Thyroid levels kidney function CBC pregnancy ECG if >50 YO
Question:
acute mania treatment BPD
Answer:
MEDICAL EMERGENCY: treat first labs later
valproate (now sur lithium) lithium (slow onset) atypical/typical antipsychotics
Question:
treatment of BP acute depression
Answer:
olanzapine and fluoxetine for 8 weeks
failure: verapamil 2 / 3
Question:
maintenance treatment BPD
Answer:
lithium depakote carbamazepine
Question:
valproate therapeutic range for mania lab monitoring
Answer:
target: 80
range: 50-125
LFTs CBC serum valproate level
Question:
mesolimbic pathway blockade (1st generation antipsychotics)
Answer:
anhedonia; reward system blocked
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