a-z

Question 1

Akathisia

Answer 1

Motor restlessness characterized by muscular quivering and the inability to sit still, often a result of chronic ingestion of neuroleptic drugs.

Question 2

Aphasia

Answer 2

Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from brain damage due to injury or disease

Question 3

Apraxia

Answer 3

A disorder of voluntary movement consisting of the partial or complete inability to execute purposeful movements without the impairment of muscular power and coordination

Question 4

Agnosia

Answer 4

Loss of the ability to interpret sensory stimuli, such as sounds or images

Question 5

Athetosis

Answer 5

A constant succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of flexion, extension, pronation, and supination of fingers and hands, and sometimes of toes and feet

Question 6

Anomia

Answer 6

Aphasia that is characterized by the impaired ability to recall the names of persons and things (also called nominal aphasia)

Question 7

Acalculia

Answer 7

A form of aphasia characterized by the inability to perform mathematical calculations

Question 8

Ataxia

Answer 8

Loss of the ability to coordinate muscular movement

Question 9

Alogia

Answer 9

The inability to speak because of mental deficiency, mental confusion, or aphasia (i.e., poverty of thought and speech)

Question 10

Avolition

Question 11

Anhedonia

Question 12

Agraphia

Question 13

Alexia

Question 14

Schizophreniform D/O

Answer 14

Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning of written or printed words and sentences, usually caused by brain lesions

Question 15

Manic episode

Answer 15

1 week or longer

Question 16

Hypomanic episode

Answer 16

-At least 4 days
-Not marked impairment
-absence of psychosis
-often increase in creativity, efficiency

Question 17

Mixed Episode

Answer 17

-At least one week
-rapid altering sx of manic and depressive episodes
-either poor functioning or psychosis

Question 18

Postpartum Depression

Answer 18

10-20% of women experience sx severe enough to warrant MDD after birth
-1/500 to 1/1000 develop depressive psychosis that may involve delusions re the newborn

Question 19

Gender and Depression

Answer 19

-rates equal in children
-rate twice as high for women in adolescence and adulthood

Question 20

depression in children

Question 21

Duration of Depression