Behavioral (not pharm) - Unit 3 Flashcards
which mental health disorder consumes 90% of public health funding for psychological issues?
schizophrenia
Impairment of reality testing, loss of contact with reality
psychosis/ hallucination/ delusion/ Illusion/ ideas of reference
psychosis
Sensory perception not generated by an external stimulus is
psychosis/ hallucination/ delusion/ Illusion/ ideas of reference
hallucination
Abnormalities in thought content, false beliefs not correctable by logic or reason is
(psychosis/ hallucination/ delusion/ Illusion/ ideas of reference)
delusion
Misperception of a real external stimulus is
psychosis/ hallucination/ delusion/ Illusion/ ideas of reference
illusion
False conviction that you are the subject of attention by other people e.g. crowds, TV, radio, conversations (psychosis/ hallucination/ delusion/ Illusion/ ideas of reference)
ideas of reference
Lack of informative content in speech is called
Alogia/ Echolalia/ Thought blocking/ Neologism/ Circumstantiality/ tangentiality
Alogia
Repeating statements of others and associating words by their sounds is
(Alogia/ Echolalia/ Thought blocking/ Neologism/ Circumstantiality/ tangentiality)
Echolalia
Presenting unnecessary and voluminous details before answering a question is
(Alogia/ Echolalia/ Thought blocking/ Neologism/ Circumstantiality/ tangentiality/ delirium)
circumstantiality
inventing new words is
Alogia/ Echolalia/ Thought blocking/ Neologism/ Circumstantiality/ tangentiality/ delirium
neologism
Abrupt halt in the train of thinking, often due to hallucinations is
(Alogia/ Echolalia/ Thought blocking/ Neologism/ Circumstantiality/ tangentiality/ delirium)
thought blocking
Beginning in a logical fashion but getting further and further from the point, failing to answer the question
(Alogia/ Echolalia/ Thought blocking/ Neologism/ Circumstantiality/ tangentiality/ delirium)
tangentiality
How many months of signs of schizophrenia must persist before a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia can be given?
6 months
What is the triad of Psychosis?
- hallucination, alteration in sensory perception
- delusion, abnormal thought content
- thought disorder, abnormal processing/organization
A disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusion and incoherence of thought induced by fever, intoxication or another disorder is
(Alogia/ Echolalia/ Thought blocking/ Neologism/ Circumstantiality/ tangentiality/ delirium)
delirium
Stupor or extreme agitation, incoherent speech, blank facial expression and bizarre posturing are characteristics of being (paranoid/ catatonic/ dissorganized)
catatonic
In schizophrenia, the (prefrontal cortex/ mesolimbic tract) is hyperactive
mesolimbic tract
amygdala, scary faces
In schizophrenia, the (prefrontal cortex/ mesolimbic tract) is hypoactive
prefrontal cortex
In schizophrenia the mesolimbic tract is overstimulated by (norepinephrin/ serotonin/ dopamine)
dopamine
Patients with schizophrenia will have elevated levels of the dopamine metabolite _______ _____ as a result of excess dopamine metabolism
homovanillic acid
LSD can cause hallucination by increasing _______ levels in the brain
serotonin, 5HT
To reduce Schizophrenia you would like to block D2 receptors in the (mesolimbic/ mesocortical) pathway
mesolimbic
For ADHD, is a norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor
clonidine/ guanfacine/ atomoxetine
atomoxetine
For ADHD, agonize or stimulate the alpha-2 Norepinephrine receptor
(clonidine/ guanfacine/ atomoxetine)
clonidine and guanfacine