Abnormal Psychology Final Flashcards
7 Disorders characterized under Somatoform Disorders
- Somatization Disorder
- Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder
- Conversion Disorder
- Pain Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder not otherwise specified
What is… presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition and are not fully explained
Somatoform Disorder
Hysteria
Briquets Syndrome
Characterized by 4 symptoms
Somatization Disorder
4 symptoms of Somatization Disorder
- Pain
- GI
- Sexual
- Pseudo Neurological
Characterized by unexplained physical complaints lasting at least 6 months
Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder
Affects voluntary motor or sensory function that suggest a neurological or other general medical condition. Psychological factors are judged to be associated with the symptoms or deficits
Conversion Disorder
All psychological, ex: cannot speak
Characterized by pain
Psychological factors are also judged to have important role in onset
Pain Disorder
Preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has a serious disease based on misinterpretation of bodily symptoms or functions
Hypochondriasis
Preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defect in physical appearance
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
AKA BDD
4 Subtypes of Conversion Disorder
- With motor symptom or deficit
- With sensory symptom or deficit
- With seizures or convulsions
- With mixed presentations
Subtype includes: impaired coordination or balance, paralysis, localized weakness, aphonia, urinary retention, difficulty swallowing
Conversion Disorder with Motor Symptom or Deficit
Subtype includes: loss of touch or pain sensation, double vision, blindness, deafness and hallucinations
Conversion Disorder with Sensory Symptom
Subtype includes: Seizures or convulsions with voluntary motor or sensory components
Conversion Disorder with Seizures or Convulsions
Subtype used if symptoms of more than one category are evident
Conversion Disorder with mixed presentations
What is the relative lack of concern about the nature or implications of the symptom?
La Bella Indifference* NBCE
(it doesn’t both pt that they are causing their seizures or are paralyzed)
CONVERSION DISORDER
Patients with _____ ______ of ______ ______ (umbrella/header term) sometimes forget where the pain was?
Pain Disorder
Somatoform Disorder
Very Common
Actually Show Symptoms
Fear of having a serious disease
Hypochondriasis
5+ symptoms present during same 2 week period. Must include Depressed mood or loss of interest in pleasurable activities
Criteria for Major Depressive Episodes
3 Associated descriptive features and mental disorders for what?
- Panic Attacks
- Suicide
- Increase in Premature death
Major Depressive Episode
What are the 3 Associated descriptive features and mental disorders for Major Depressive Episode?
- Panic Attacks
- Suicide
- Increase in Premature death
EEG Abnormalities
Deregulation of Neurotransmitters
Hormone Disturbances
Major Depressive Episode Associate Lab Findings
Elevated, expansive or irritable mood lasting at least 1 week
Manic Episode
Symptom of Grandiosity Increased/ Excessive involvement in Pleasurable Activities Pressure of speech Flight of ideas Decreased need for sleep
Manic Episode
Hypomanic Episode
Mixed Episodes must last how long?
At least 1 week
What must be met to have a mixed episode?
Criteria for BOTH
Major Depressive Episode
Manic Episode
Nearly everyday
Abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts at least 4 days
Hypomanic Episode
Psychomotor Retardation
Diminished ability to think/ concentrate
Significant weight loss
Insomnia or hypersomnia
Major Depressive Episode
Increased cortisol secretions
Abnormalities in Neurotransmitters (ie. norepinephrine)
Manic Episode Associated Lab Findings
Characterized by 1 or more Major Depressive Episode without a history of Manic, Mixed or Hypomanic
Major Depressive Disorder
4 Main Treatments of Major Depressive Disorder
- Antidepressants- TCA’s (tricyclics antidepressants)
- SSRI’s (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor)
- MAOI’s (Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
- NRI’s/ SNRI’s (norepinephrine and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors)
4 Non-Drug related Treatments of Major Depressive Disorder
- St. John’s Wort
- ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy)
- TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)
- Exercise
Depressed mood for most of the day for at least 2 years
Dysthymic Disorder
Associated Features are similar to Major Depressive Disorder
Dysthymic Disorder
Lab findings of Dysthymic Disorder show….
Sleep abnormalities/ Disorders
Occurence of a major depressive episode accompanied by one or more Manic Episodes or Mixed Episodes
Bipolar I Disorder
3 categories of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar I
Bipolar II
Cyclothymic
Completed suicide Child Abuse Spousal Abuse School/ Occupational Failure Associated with alcohol
Bipolar I
Associated mental disorders include: Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, ADHD, Panic Disorder and Social Phobia
Bipolar I
Imaging studies show increased rates of right-hemispheric lesions, or bilateral sub cortical or periventricular lesions
Brain Lesions
Bipolar I Associated Lab Findings
Differential Diagnosis of... Major Depressive Manic Mixed Hypomaic
Must be distinguished from episodes of a mood disorder due to a general medical condition
Bipolar I
Bipolar II
Occurence of one or more Major Depressive Episodes accompanied by at least one Hypomanic Episode
Bipolar II
Completed suicide
School/occupational failure
Borderline Personality Disorder (Common)
Substance abuse/dependence
Bipolar II
60-70% of the Hypomanic Episodes in _______ __ Disorder occur immediately before or after a Major Depressive Episode
Bipolar II
Distinguished by the presence of one or more Manic or Mixed Episodes in the latter
Bipolar I distinguished from Bipolar II
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Chronic, Fluctuating mood disturbance
Cyclothymic Disorder of Bipolar Disorder
Short term treatment of Bipolar Disorders (3)
- Rapidly acting Antimanic and sedating doses of benzodiazepine
- Lithium
- ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)
Long term treatment of Bipolar Disorders (4)
- Litium salts- major reduction in risk of suicide by 80%
- Anticonvulsants- FDA approved as only mood-stabilizing agent not indictated for acute mania
- Antipsychotics- FDA approved 4 in this category
- Antidepressants- potentially lethal
Include: Carbamazepine, Valproic Acid Salts, Oxcarbazepine and lamotrigine
Anticonvulsants= treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Include: Chlorpromazine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine and Risperidone
Antipsychotics= treatment of Bipolar Disorder
2 Non-Pharmaceutical treatments of Bipolar Disorder
- Biological rhythms and hygiene measures: attention to sleep hygiene and maintaining regular daily rhythms of activity, meals, rest and avoiding alcohol/stimulants
- Psychosocial interventions: interpersonal psychotheraphy has increasing positive results
Interpersonal psychotheraphy has increasing positive results
Psychosocial interventions of Non-Pharm. treatments of Bipolar Disorder
Attention given to sleep hygiene and maintaining regular daily rhythms of activity, meals, rest as well as avoiding alcohol and substances
Biological Rhythms and Hygiene Measures of Non Pharm. treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Caused by Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors
Schizophrenia
Factors vary from insults during early brain development as well as social stressors
Schizophrenia Non-Genetic Factors
4 Major Categories of Schizophrenia
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
- Disorganized speech- derailment or incoherence
- Grossly disorganized or Catatonic Behavior
2 or more of the symptoms are present for a significant portion of time during a 1 month period
Schizophrenia
Inappropriate affect (smiling, laughing in absense of appropriate stimulus)
Depersonalization
Derealization
Anxiety and Phobia
Increased incidence of assultive and violent behavior
Nicotene dependence
Schizophrenia Associated Descriptive Features and Mental Disorders
City boy’s disease
Schizophrenia
Shows enlargement of the lateral ventricles, decreased brain tissue, decreased volumes of gray and white matter
Schizophrenia Assocaited Lab Findings
Temporal lobe is decreased in volume while frontal lobe is least implicated
Schizophrenia Assocaited Lab Findings
Focal abnormalities within temporal lobe
Schizophrenia Assocaited Lab Findings
Decreased thalamic volume and increased basal ganglia size
Schizophrenia Assocaited Lab Findings
Neuropsychological deficits- memory, psychomotor, attention and changing response set
Schizophrenia Assocaited Lab Findings
Neurophysiological abnormalities- difficulty in perception and processing of sensory stimuli= slow reaction time
Schizophrenia Assocaited Lab Findings
Water Intoxication- too much water intake resulting in abnormalities in urine specific gravity or electrolyte imbalances
Schizophrenia Assocaited Lab Findings
Presence of Neurological “soft signs”- left and right confusion, poor coordination or mirroring
Schizophrenia Associated Physical Examination findings and general medical conditions
Most common physical findings are motor abnormalities
Schizophrenia Associated Physical Examination findings and general medical conditions
Nicotine Dependence is common
Schizophrenia Associated Physical Examination findings and general medical conditions
Onset btw late teens and mid 30’s
18-25 men
25-mid 30’s women
Schizophrenia
Women have better prognosis, express more affective symptomology, paranoid delusions and hallucinations whereas men tend to express more negative symptoms (withdrawl)
Schizophrenia
Higher rates and risks are seen in urban born individuals compared to rural born individuals
Schizophrenia
Higher rates of having it in family members of women with it than those for men
Schizophrenia
Psychotic Disorder due to a general medical condition, or delerium or dementia- there has to be a history, physical exam, or lab findings
Schizophrenia Differential Diagnosis
Substance induced psychotic disorder, substance induced delirium and substance induced persisting dementia- must be substance of cause
Schizophrenia Differential diagnosis
Mood Disorder with Psychotic features and schizoaffective disorder define…
Schizophrenia Differential Diagnosis
Must be a mood episode that is concurrent with the active-phase symptoms over a period of time
Must have a Major Depressive Episode, Manic Episode (Mood Episode)
Schizoaffective
Symptoms are the same as Schizophrenia but they last a month not 6 months and need not have social/occupational impairment
Schizophreniform Disorder
4 Subtypes of Schizophrenia
- Paranoid
- Disorganized
- Catatonic
- Residual
Characterized by presence of prominent delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid Type Schizophrenic
Characterized by disorganized speech, behavior and flat or inappropriate affect- silliness/laughter unrealted to content
Disorganized Type Schizophrenic
Characterized by a marked psychomotor disturbance that may involve motor immobility or excessive motor activity, echolalia (repeating words spoke by someone else) or echopraxia (repeating movement of someone else)
Catatonic Type Schizophrenic
Has had at least one episode of Schizophrenia but the current clinical picture is without prominent positive psychoic symptoms (ie hallucinations, delusions and disorganization of speech)
Residual Type Schizophrenic
Treatment of Schizophrenia? (2)
- Antipsychotic drugs
2. Psychotropic medication
Clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, ziprasidone an daripiprazole
Antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia
Include mood stabilizers such as valproic acid and lithium, tranquilizers such as benzodiazepines, and novel approaches, such as glycine
Psychotropic medication for treatment of schizophrenia
2 types of eating disorders
- Anorexia Nervosa
2. Bulimia Nervosa
Individual refuses to maintain a minimally normal body weight
Anorexia nervosa
Has depressive symptoms and Obsessive compulsion features
Anorexia Nervosa
Concerns about eating in public, control issues and perfectionism
Anorexia Nervosa
Semi-Starvation affects most major organ systems
Anorexia nervosa Lab finding
Hematology: mild anemia, dehydration reflected by elevated blood urea nitrogen
Anorexia nervosa Lab Finding
Hypercholesterolemia
Anorexia nervosa Lab finding
Elevated liver function tests
Anorexia nervosa Lab finding
Hypomagnesaemia, hypozincemia, hypophosphatemia, hyperamylasemia
Anorexia nervosa Lab finding
Induced vomiting may lead to metabolic alkalosis and laxative abuse may lead to metabolic acidosis
Anorexia nervosa Lab finding
Decreased levels of T3 + T4
Anorexia nervosa Lab finding
Females have low estrogen
Males have low serum testosterone
Anorexia nervosa Lab finding