Table of Contents

• Free Topics
  • About
  • Basics - Mental Health and Mental Illness: Basics
  • Brexanolone injection
  • Calculator - Depression-Arkansas (D-ARK) Scale - Diagnostic Scoring
  • Calculator - Geriatric Depression Scale
  • Cariprazine
  • Central and Peripheral Nervous System
  • Clozapine
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Disorders of Late Life
  • Duloxetine
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Fluvoxamine
  • General Adaptation Syndrome (Stress-Adaptation Syndrome)
  • Haloperidol
  • Lithium
  • MAOIs
  • Medical History
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Health and Mental Illness: Basics
  • Mental Illness/Disorder
  • Mini-Cog™ Screening Instrument
  • Mirtazapine
  • Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
  • Pimozide
  • Positive Mental Health: Jahoda's Six Major Categories
  • Psychotropic Drugs A - Z
  • References
  • Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (SMAST)
  • Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (SMAST)
  • Signs of Child Abuse (Physical/Sexual)
  • Suicidal Behavior Disorder/Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
  • The Clock-Drawing Test
  • The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
  • Tools/References
  • Valbenazine
  • Vortioxetine
• Basics - Mental Health and Mental Illness: Basics
  • Autonomic Nervous System
    • Autonomic Nervous System
    • Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Effects
    • Synapse Transmission
  • Basics - Mental Health and Mental Illness: Basics
  • Legal Definition of Mental Illness
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
    • Diathesis-Stress Model
    • Fight-or-Flight Response
    • General Adaptation Syndrome (Stress-Adaptation Syndrome)
    • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
    • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Illness/Disorder
  • Neurotransmitters
    • Legal-Ethical Issues
    • Neurotransmitter Functions and Effects
    • Neurotransmitters
  • Positive Mental Health: Jahoda's Six Major Categories
  • Stages of Personality Development
    • Biological Aspects of Mental Illness
    • Central and Peripheral Nervous System
    • Erikson's Psychosocial Theory
    • Freud's Psychosexual Development
    • Limbic System
    • Mahler's Theory of Object Relations
    • Peplau's Interpersonal Theory
    • Stages of Personality Development
    • Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory
    • The Brain
  • Theories of Personality Development
    • Key Defense Mechanisms
    • Theories of Personality Development
• Assess - Psychiatric Assessment
  • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
    • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
    • AIMS Rating Form
  • Assess - Psychiatric Assessment
  • Documentation
    • Documentation
    • Electronic Health Records
    • Focus Charting (DAR)
    • PIE Method (APIE)
    • Problem-Oriented Record (POR)
  • Medical History
  • Mental Status Assessment and Tool
    • Mental Status Assessment and Tool
    • Mental Status Assessment Tool
    • Multiaxial Assessment
  • Mood Disorder Questionnaire
    • Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
    • SBQ-R Calculator
    • SBQ-R Scoring
    • Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R)
  • SBQ-R Explanation
    • Culture and the DSM-5
    • Ethnocultural Assessment Tool
    • Ethnocultural Considerations
    • Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
    • Psychometric Properties
    • SBQ-R Explanation
    • The Clock-Drawing Test
  • Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (SMAST)
  • Substance History and Assessment Tool
  • The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
    • Geriatric Depression Rating Scale (GDS)
    • Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)
    • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)
    • Hoarding Rating Scale
    • Mini-Cog™ Screening Instrument
    • The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
    • The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
    • The Lewy Body Composite Risk Score (LBCRS)
  • The Lewy Body Composite Risk Score (LBCRS) Purpose and Scoring Guidelines
    • Lewy Body Composite Risk Score
    • The Lewy Body Composite Risk Score (LBCRS) Purpose and Scoring Guidelines
• Disorders/Interv - Psychiatric Disorders/Interventions
  • Anxiety Disorders
    • Agoraphobia
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Client/Family Education - Anxiety Disorders
    • DSM-5 Anxiety Disorders
    • Four Levels of Anxiety
    • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
    • Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - Panic Disorder
    • Panic Disorder
    • Separation Anxiety Disorder
  • Bipolar and Related Disorders
    • Bipolar and Related Disorders
    • Depressive and Bipolar Disorders - Client/Family Education
    • DSM-5 Bipolar Disorders
    • Manic Episode - DSM-5 Bipolar Disorders
  • Depressive Disorders
    • Depressive Disorders
    • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
    • DSM-5 Depressive Disorders
    • Major Depression and the Bereavement Exclusion
    • Postpartum (Peripartum) Major Depressive Episode
    • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PDD)
    • SIGECAPS - Mnemonic for Depression
  • Disorders/Interv - Psychiatric Disorders/Interventions
  • Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
    • Conduct Disorder/Oppositional Defiant Disorder
    • Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
    • DSM-5 Disruptive, Impulse Control, Conduct Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders
    • Disorders for Further Study
    • Dissociative Disorders
    • DSM-5 Dissociative Disorders
    • Suicidal Behavior Disorder/Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders
    • Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa
    • Binge Eating Disorder
    • Client/Family Education - Eating Disorders
    • DSM-5 Feeding and Eating Disorders
    • Elimination Disorders
    • Feeding and Eating Disorders
  • Gender Dysphoria
    • DSM-5 Gender Dysphoria Disorders
    • Gender Dysphoria
    • Gender Dysphoria
    • Sexual Dysfunctions/Paraphilic Disorders/Gender Dysphoria - Client/Family Education
  • Neurocognitive Disorders
    • Alzheimer’s Disease - Advances in Treatments
    • Alzheimer’s Disease - Medications
    • DSM-5 Neurocognitive Disorders
    • Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) - DSM-5 Neurocognitive Disorders
    • Neurocognitive Disorder with Lewy Bodies
    • Neurocognitive Disorders
    • Neurocognitive Disorders - Early Diagnosis
    • Neurocognitive Disorders (NCD) - Client/Family Education
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
    • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
    • Autism Spectrum Disorder
    • DSM-5 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
    • Intellectual Disability - DSM-5 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
    • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
    • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
    • DSM-5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
    • Hoarding Disorder
    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
    • Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
    • Tricotillomania
    • Tricotillomania - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Paraphilic Disorders
    • DSM-5 Paraphilic Disorders
    • Paraphilic Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
    • Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders
    • Borderline Personality Disorder - Dependent Personality Disorder
    • Dependent Personality Disorder
    • DSM-5 Personality Disorders
    • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
    • Personality Disorders
    • Personality Disorders - Client/Family Education
  • Psychiatric Interventions
    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
    • Communication Techniques - Nonverbal Communication
    • Family Therapy
    • Group Therapy/Interventions
    • Integrative Therapies
    • Nonverbal Communication
    • Phases of Relationship Development
    • Psychiatric Interventions
    • Therapeutic Milieu
    • Therapeutic Relationship/Alliance
    • Therapeutic Use of Self
    • Treatments for Depression - Nonpharmacological
  • PTSD Treatments
    • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
    • Other PTSD Treatments
    • Prolonged Exposure Therapy
    • PTSD Treatments
    • Recovery Model
  • Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
    • Delusional Disorder
    • DSM-5 Schizophrenia Spectrum/Psychotic Disorders
    • Four A's of Schizophrenia
    • Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
    • Schizoaffective Disorder
    • Schizophrenia - Client/Family Education
    • Schizophrenia - Schizoaffective Disorder
    • Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
    • Schizophrenia—DSM-5 Changes
    • Thought Disorders - Content of Thought (Definitions)
    • Thought Disorders - Form of Thought (Definitions)
  • Sexual Dysfunctions
    • DSM-5 Sexual Dysfunction Disorders
    • Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder - DSM-5 Sexual Dysfunction Disorders
    • Sexual Dysfunctions
  • Sleep-Wake Disorders
    • DSM-5 Sleep-Wake Disorders
    • Sleep-Wake Disorders
  • Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
    • DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorders
    • Illness Anxiety Disorder
    • Other Somatic Symptom Disorders
    • Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
    • Somatic Symptom Disorder
    • Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) - Other Somatic Symptom Disorders
  • Substance Addiction and Behavioral Addiction
    • Non-Substance-Related Disorders/Behavioral Addiction
    • Substance Addiction
    • Substance Addiction and Behavioral Addiction
    • Substance-Related Disorders: Client/Family Education
  • Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
    • Alcohol Use Disorder - Substance-Related Disorders
    • DSM-5 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
    • Substance Use and Substance-Induced Disorders, Intoxication, and Withdrawal
    • Substance/Medication-Induced Disorders
    • Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
    • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
    • Acute Stress Disorder
    • Adjustment Disorders
    • Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
    • DSM-5 Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    • Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
    • Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
• Drugs/Labs - Psychotropic Drugs/Labs
  • Drugs/Labs - Psychotropic Drugs/Labs
  • Labs/Plasma Levels
    • Clozapine Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Program
    • Disorders and Labs/Tests
    • Labs/Plasma Levels
    • Plasma Level/Lab Test Monitoring
    • Therapeutic Plasma Levels — Mood Stabilizers
  • Psychotropic Drugs
    • Antidepressant Agents
    • Antiparkinsonian Agents
    • Antipsychotic (Neuroleptic) Agents
    • Antipsychotic Use Contraindications
    • Antipsychotic-Induced Movement Disorders
    • Antipsychotics and Treatment-Emergent Diabetes
    • Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Agents - Metabolic Syndrome
    • Body Mass Index (BMI)
    • Drug-Herbal Interactions
    • Elderly and Medications (Start Low, Go Slow)
    • MAOI Diet (Tyramine) Restrictions
    • Metabolic Syndrome
    • Mood-Stabilizing Agents
    • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
    • Pharmacokinetics
    • Psychotropic Drugs
    • Serotonin Syndrome
    • Therapeutic Drug Classes
• Psychotropic Drugs A - Z
  • Alprazolam
  • Amitriptyline
  • Aripiprazole, Aripiprazole lauroxil
  • Asenapine
  • Benztropine
  • Brexanolone injection
  • Brexpiprazole
  • Bupropion HCL
  • Buspirone
  • Carbamazepine
  • Cariprazine
  • Chlordiazepoxide
  • Chlorpromazine
  • Citalopram
  • Clomipramine
  • Clonazepam
  • Clozapine
  • Desipramine
  • Desvenlafaxine
  • Deutetrabenazine
  • Diazepam
  • Divalproex sodium
  • Doxepin
  • Duloxetine
  • Escitalopram
  • Eszopiclone
  • Fluoxetine
  • Fluphenazine hydrochloride
  • Flurazepam
  • Fluvoxamine
  • Gabapentin
  • Haloperidol
  • Hydroxyzine
  • Iloperidone
  • Imipramine
  • Ketamine hydrochloride
  • Lamotrigine
  • Levomilnacipran
  • Lithium
  • Lorazepam
  • Loxapine
  • Lumateperone
  • Lurasidone HCl
  • MAOIs
  • Mirtazapine
  • Molindone
  • Nadolol
  • Nefazodone
  • Nortriptyline
  • Olanzapine
  • Olanzapine and fluoxetine HCl
  • Oxazepam
  • Paliperidone
  • Paroxetine HCl
  • Phenobarbital
  • Pimozide
  • Propranolol
  • Psychotropic Drugs A - Z
  • Quetiapine
  • Ramelteon
  • Risperidone
  • Selegiline Patch
  • Sertraline
  • Suvorexant
  • Thioridazine
  • Topiramate
  • Trazodone
  • Trihexyphenidyl
  • Valbenazine
  • Venlafaxine
  • Vilazodone HCl
  • Vortioxetine
  • Zaleplon
  • Ziprasidone
  • Zolpidem
• Crisis/Suicide/Grief/Abuse/Military
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Crisis/Suicide/Grief/Abuse/Military
  • Death and Dying/Grief
    • Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Grief
    • Death and Dying/Grief
    • Incest/Sexual Abuse
    • Other Kinds of Abuse
    • Safety Plan (to Escape Abuser)
    • Signs of Child Abuse (Physical/Sexual)
    • Victims of Abuse
  • Groups at Risk for Suicide
  • Military, Families, and PTSD
  • Prevention/Management of Assaultive Behaviors
  • Suicide
  • Suicide Assessment
  • Suicide Interventions
  • Terrorism/Disasters/Pandemics
• Geriatric/Elderly
  • Geriatric Assessment
    • Age-Related Changes and Their Implications
    • Disorders of Late Life
    • Elder Abuse
    • Elder Suicide
    • Geriatric Assessment
    • Pharmacokinetics in the Elderly
  • Geriatric/Elderly
• Tools/References
  • Abbreviations
  • Assessment Tools
  • Assigning Nursing Diagnoses (NANDA) to Client Behaviors
  • DSM-5 Classification and Disorders
  • Pregnancy Categories
  • References
  • Tools/References