adult psych ques L Flashcards
Cotard syndrome
nihilistic delusional content (feel they have lost blood, heart, intestines, etc)
seen in many psychotic illnesses
Capgras syndrome
belief that people have been replaced by imposters
most cases of postpartum psychosis manifest as
bipolar disoder
features of catatonia
negativism
psychomotor slowing
echopraxia
mainstay of tx for catatonia
benzos or ECT
Arnold Chiari syndrome
hydrocephalus
cerebellar anatomic and functional abnormalities
Mobius syndrome
congenital absence of facial nerves and nuclei with bilateral facial paralysis
Pick disease
frontal and temporal lobe atrophy
Punchdrunk syndrome
acquired mvmt disorder assoc w traumatic damage to substantia nigra (for instance, from boxing)
what benzo has shortest half life and time of onset?
alprazolam (so good for acute panic attack)
whenever you prescribe a SSRI, what to keep in mind about effect?
takes 4-8 weeks
adjustment disorder-symptoms remit when
within 6 months
acute stress disorder
exposed to traumatic event
reexperiencing, numbing, increased arousal symptoms for up to 1 month after event
agoraphobia
tied to fear of having panic symptoms in public
schizoid personality disorder
reclusive and does not mind lack of social interaction
avoidant personality disorder
shy and fearful of social rejection
lack of socialization is distressing to them
schizotypal personality disorder
schizoid features but also bizarre thinking
most appropriate pharm therapy for tx of heroin addiction, even in preg
methadone
schizoaffective disorder
episodic mood symptoms and chronic psychotic symptoms outside of those mood episodes
narcissistic personality disorder characterized by
grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy
wet wobbly and wacky
normal pressure hydrocephalus
is normal pressure hydrocephalus reversible?
potentially
dementia pugilistica
punchdrunk syndrome
is a type of dementia seen following repeated head trauma over years (like in boxers)
emotional lability, dysarthria, impulsivity
Lewy body dementia
hallucinations, parkinsonian features, extrapyramidal signs
pseudodementia
symptoms consistent w memory difficulties but in the absence of a dementia (often seen in depression)
usually have more depressive symptoms, have more insight into their symptoms than demented pts and will often have hx of dpression
Binswanger disease
subcortical arteriosclertoic encephalopathy
multiple sm infarcts in white matter w sparing of cortical regions
how to tx treatment refractory schizophrenia pts
clozapine (decreases suicidality too)
what do you have to watch out for with clozapine
agranulocytosis
identification defense mechanism
unconscious incorporation of someone else’s traits into one’s own manner (ex-adolescents having hairstyles similar to admired rock stars)