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Structured professional judgment © SPMM Course Approaches to risk assessment Clinical approach In this approach, a clinicians’ subjective, intuitive judgment informed by experience and knowledge is used to estimate risk and guide decisions about treatment. But...

Stages in risk assessment

Commonly used tools

Structured Risk Tools © SPMM Course Stages in risk assessment According to Bouch & Marshall, the following stages are identified for risk assessment and management. A. Identifying the need for a full structured risk assessment (not everyone will need this) B. ...

Actuarial instruments © SPMM Course SARA: Spousal assault risk assessment guide SARA is a 20 item set of risk factors for use in the assessment of spousal assault. It can be used to help gauge the risk of future violence in men arrested for spousal assault. SV...

530_Eponyms.pdf Eponyms Eponyms & uncommon syndromes Angelman syndrome: Congenital syndrome of mental retardation and epilepsy that is distinctive for puppetlike movements, compulsive laughter, and heritability. Anton syndrome: Condition of blindness in which ...

AdvEffectsChart_v3.pdf Worsening of glaucoma: paroxetine, quetiapine, TCAs Retinal pigmn: Thioridazine Corneal deposits: CPZ Visual field defects: vigabatrin Osteoporosis: hyperprolatinaemic antipsychotics WBC suppression: ^zapines(olanz, mirtaz, cloz, carbama...

1 Chemical Neurotransmission Chemical Neurotransmission Anatomical versus Chemical Basis of Neurotransmission  1 General Structure of a Neuron  2 Principles of Chemical Neurotransmission  5 Neurotransmitters  5 Neurotransmission: Classic, Retrograde, and Volum...

2 Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action Neurotransmitter Transporters as Targets of Drug Action  29 Classification and Structure...

3 Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action Ligand-Gated Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action  51 Ligand-Gated Ion Channels, Ionotropic Receptors, and Ion-C...

4 Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate Symptoms of Psychosis  77 The Three Major Hypotheses of Psychosis an...

5 Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called “Antipsychotics” Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called “Antipsychotics” Targeting Mesolimbic/Mesostriatal Dopamine D2 Recept...

6 Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Description of Mood Disorders  244 Mood Spectrum  244 Distinguishing...

7 Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers” Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers” Definitions of Clinical Effects of Treatment in Depression  284 How Well Do Classic Monoamine ...

8 Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment Symptom Dimensions in Anxiety Disorders  359 When Is Anxiety an Anxiety Disorder?  359 Overlapping Symptoms of Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders  360 Overlapping Symptoms of Different Anxiety...

9 Chronic Pain and Its Treatment Chronic Pain and  Its Treatment What is Pain?  379 “Normal” Pain and the Activation of Nociceptive Nerve Fibers  381 Nociceptive Pathway to the Spinal Cord  381 Nociceptive Pathway from the Spinal Cord to the Brain  382 Neuropa...