(A) Bouldger Flashcards

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What does co-morbidity mean?

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Two or more disorders are occurring in the same individual at this time

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2
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What are some common co-morbidities?

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Mood & anxiety disorders
Substance abuse & antisocial personality disorder
ADHD & Conduct disorders

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3
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What is DSM-5 useful for?

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Diagnosis and classification
Communication among professionals
Coding/billing
Research

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4
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What is the official coding system in the United states?

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ICD!! International classification of disease by WHO

We use it because of our treaty obligations with WHO

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5
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Which codes are the same for DSM-5 and ICD-9?

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290-319

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6
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What classifies and intellectual disability?

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includes both a current intellectual deficit and a deficit in adaptive functioning with onset during the developmental period

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7
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When is a mental status exam indicated?

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  • Pts w/ documented brain lesions
  • Pts w/ suspected brain lesions becuase of seizure, headache, behavioral change, etc
  • ALL psychiatric patients
  • Pts w/ vague complaints (memory, concentration, ect)
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2 components of the mental status exam in psychiatry?

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  • Observation (areas assessed while obtaining historical data)
  • formal cognitive testing = mini mental state exam (uses cognitive screening tools)
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9
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Components of observational data during psych interview (variables evaluated in the mental status examination)

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Presentation
Motor behavior & affect
Cognitive Status
Thought
Mood
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10
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Presentation

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  • level of consciousness
  • general appearance
  • Attitude (degree of cooperation and effort
  • eye contact
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Motor Behavior and Affect

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Motor behavior= akinesia, involuntary movements, mannerisms

Affect= facial expressions, gestures, speech characteristics, pressure, volume, prosody

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Cognitive Status

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Attention/Alertness
Orientation
Speech and Language
Memory
Constructional ability
Calculations
Reasoning
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13
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Screening tools for depression

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Ham-D
PHQ-9
GDS (geriatric)

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14
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Screening tools for anxiety

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Ham-A

GAD-7

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15
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Screening for alcohol abuse

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AUDIT

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16
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Screening tool for ADHA and childhood behavior problems

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SNAP-IV Rating Scale
-contains 90 questions to be answered by teachers

VANDERBILT ADHA DIAGNOSTIC rating scale (for teacher and parent)

17
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Nominal Measurement

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Least precise
assigns numbers or labels to identify categories
Only arithmetic operations that can be used is counting

18
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Ordinal Measurement

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Measure, arrange, sore in a series ranging from highest to lowest according to an observed characteristic

Cannot use arithmetical functions with a ordinal measurement

19
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Interval measurement

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gives number that order, and differences between numbers are meaningful.

NO ABSOLUTE ZERO

20
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Ratio Scales

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Highest level of measurement
All arithmetical operations can be used

Has true zero point

21
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Reliability measures

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reliability is a measure of repeatability- experimental replicaiton

22
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Validity of measures

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Reflects degree of accuracy of predicative statements

23
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Most common IQ test for adults

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

individually administered and take 75-110 minutes to be administered.

24
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Personality assessment

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

25
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What is the Folstein mini mental state scored out of?

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30

26
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What test should be used to evaluate the intelectual functions of a five year-old child? (4-6)

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McCarthy

27
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What was one of the most controversial discussion about DSM-5 in its first iteration was the treatment of…

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Personality disorders
autism spectrum disorder
bereavement

28
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Portion of general population expected to have IQ score between 70 and 130?

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95%

70-130 is two standard deviations away from the mean

29
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Normal Range for IQ?

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90-109

30
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IQ less than what is considered mentally retarded?

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Less than 70

31
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IQ intervals of retardation

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Mild 50-70
Moderate 35-55
Severe 20-40
Profound < 20

32
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Most common objective personality test?

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MMPI-2 - restricted response fromat (T/F etc)

Clinical scales for depression, paranoia, schizophrenia, hypochondriasis

33
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Most common projective personality test?

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Rorschach - designed to reveal hidden emotions and internal conflicts via the subjects response to ambiguous stimuli

Patients asked to interpret ink blots

Identifies thought disorders and defense mechanisms

34
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Objective personality test

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based on questions that are easily scored and statistically analyzied

35
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Projective personality test

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requires the subject to interpret the questions, responses assumed to be based on subjects motivational state and defense mechanisms