2017 Flashcards
autoscopic psychosis
main symptom is the visual hallucination of a transparent phantom of one’s own body
Capgras syndrome (delusion of doubles)
is a fixed belief that familiar persons have been replaced by identical imposters who behave exactly like the original person
Lycanthropy
delusion that the person is a werewolf or other animal
Cotard syndrome
false perception of having lost everything, including money, status, strength, health, and internal organs
Folie a deux
a shared psychotic disorder in which one person develops psychotic symptoms similar to the ones a long-term partner has been experiencing
Rotor’s syndrome
one of the two rare inherited disorders causing elevations in direct bilirubin, excellent prognosis
2 rare inherited disorders causing elevations in DIRECT BILIRUBIN
- Rotor’s syndrome
2. Dubin-Johnson syndrome
hemolytic anemia
elevate indirect bilirubin, hematologic changes would be expected
isoniazid(INH)
caused elevation in liver enzymes
Rifampin
cause isolated hyperbilirubinemia
Crigler-Najjar type I
severe disorder of neonates with elevated indirect bilirubin