Abilify (aripiprazole) is classified as an atypical or second-generation antipsychotic medication. Atypical antipsychotics are a class of drugs that are primarily used to treat psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. They are called "atypical" because they have a different pharmacological profile compared to older, typical antipsychotics.
Aripiprazole is an atypical antipsychotic medication that is effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder. It works by modulating the activity of dopamine and serotonin in the brain, which can help stabilize mood and prevent manic and depressive episodes.

Extrapyramidal symptoms are drug-induced side effects that affect motor functioning and muscle movement. Typical antipsychotics like haloperidol, perphenazine, and chlorpromazine are more likely to cause these side effects than atypical antipsychotics like olanzapine, lurasidone, and risperidone. The common types of extrapyramidal symptoms are listed below:
* Akathisia: motor restlessness, inability to remain still, rocking, pacing, or constant motion of a unilateral limb, subjective sense of restlessness, often mistaken for increasing anxiety
* Akinesia: absence of movement, difficulty initiating motion, subjective feeling of lack of motivation to move, often mistaken for laziness or lack of interest
* Dystonia: muscle spasticity usually in the back or neck, subjectively painful, often mistaken for agitation
* Pseudo-Parkinson's: shuffling gait, motor slowing, mask-like facial expression, pill-rolling, tremors, muscle rigidity
* Tardive dyskinesia: involuntary abnormal muscle movement of the mouth, tongue, face, and jaw that may progress to limbs; can be irreversible, can occur as an acute process at the initiation of medications or as a chronic condition at any point during treatment

Case management is a system of controlled oversight and authorization of services and benefits provided to patients. It consists of coordinating care, monitoring the treatment plan, and ensuring quality outcomes. The overall goal of case management is to promote quality, cost-effective patient care.
Mentoring is the process of guiding and supporting junior colleagues in the development of new roles, competencies, and skills.

Psychotropic medications are lipophilic and highly protein-bound. Older adults are more sensitive to psychotropic medications due to key changes:
* Decreased intracellular water
* Low muscle mass
* Decreased protein binding
* Increased body fat concentration
* Decreased rate of metabolism

Risk management interventions are implemented to reduce unhealthy behaviors in clients and high-risk situations. Risk management is also the process of recognizing and intervening in order to reduce subsequent claims against healthcare providers.
Risk assessment is continuous monitoring for high-risk situations and assessing persons for non-healthy behaviors.
Risk mitigation is the act of process change in order to mitigate the risk finding.
Risk intervention is a task performed in real-time in order to prevent an immediate risk.