Assessment and Diagnosis Flashcards
How do you calculate a 95% confidence interval?
Plus or minus two standard errors of measurement (SEM)
A disorder characterized by detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Someone with this disorder desires close interpersonal relationships but avoids them to avoid feeling hurt
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Symptoms of _______________ include tachycardia or bradycardia, pupillary dilation, elevated or lowered blood pressure, perspiration or chills, nausea or vomiting, psychomotor agitation or retardation, and muscular weakness.
Stimulant Intoxication
Symptoms of _______________ include hand tremor, insomnia, hallucinations, and seizures.
Alcohol Withdrawal
Symptoms of _______________ include dysphoric mood, pupillary dilation, insomnia, and fever.
Opioid Withdrawal
Risk factors of __________ include being over 60, having a medical illness or surgery, burns, and rapid withdrawal from certain substances.
Delirium
The second most common major neurocognitive disorder, resulting from strokes/microscopic bleeding/blood vessel blockage in the brain.
Major vascular neurocognitive disorder
Vascular dementia
What do the following MMPI validity scales measure?
L scale
F scale
K scale
L scale = lie scale
Attempt to present in a favorable light
F scale = infrequency scale
“Fake bad,” can reflect psychosis, cry for help, malingering
K scale = guardedness scale
“Fake good,” underreporting, defensiveness
Individuals with personality disorders in this cluster often appear odd or eccentric.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Cluster A
Individuals with personality disorders in this cluster often appear dramatic, emotional, or erratic.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Cluster B
Individuals with personality disorders in this cluster often appear anxious or fearful.
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Cluster C
In this disorder, males have an earlier age of onset (25% before age 10), and thus are more commonly affected in childhood. Females are slightly more commonly affected overall.
OCD
This disorder involves re-experiencing perceptual symptoms (e.g., flashes of color, intensified color, halos around objects) that were experienced while intoxicated.
Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder
How are severity levels for Intellectual Developmental Disorder determined?
The extent of deficits in adaptive functioning
What is the difference between mild neurocognitive disorder and major neurocognitive disorder?
Level of independent functioning
Mild: modest cognitive decline, function relatively independently
Major: profound cognitive impairment, substantial decline in functioning
What is the prevalence rate of peripartum depression?
10-15%
What are the differences between brief psychotic disorder, schizophreniform disorder, and schizophrenia?
Duration.
Brief psychotic = 1-30 days
Schizophreniform = 1-6 months
Schizophrenia = 6+ months
How does Alzheimer’s Disease differ from vascular dementia?
Alzheimer’s: disease progresses gradually over many years
Vascular dementia: progression can be stepwise, with periods of stability followed by declines in cognitive function
What are the concordance rates for schizophrenia?
Monozygotic twins: 40-50%
Dizygotic twins: 5-10%
