Bits and Bobs 3

Question 1

PANS

Answer 1

pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome)
Rare neuropsychiatric conditions that affect children and young adolescents
a clinical diagnosis given to children who have a dramatic – sometimes overnight – onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms including obsessions/compulsions or food restriction.

Question 2

Palilalia

Answer 2

repeating one’s own sounds or words

Question 3

Coprolalia

Answer 3

the sudden, inappropriate expression of a socially unacceptable work or phrase that may include obscenities as well as specific ethnic, racial, or religious slurs (uncommon)

Question 4

What med is first line treatment for tourettes

Answer 4

• Haloperidol is the drug of choice for treating Tourette syndrome. Haloperidol and pimozide are the first-generation antipsychotics with the most data showing efficacy in reducing tic severity

Question 5

Vicarious Traumatization

Answer 5

many therapists working with trauma survivors carried similar signs of distress as the people they were attempting to assist
experienced somatic complaints
intrusive thoughts

Question 6

Secondary Traumatic Stress

Answer 6

STS is similar in nature to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and may need clinical intervention;
STS a trauma is witnessed secondarily and not directly
Secondary trauma is used when the traumatic event does not happen to you but the PT (primary trauma) is described to you in some way

Question 7

Compassion Fatigue

Answer 7

CF, while serious and might warrant intervention, does not carry the same impact
CF may not create the same changes to world view as that of VT
CF cannot give anymore. Empathy is a limited resource.

Question 8

alogia

Answer 8

reduced fluency and productivity of thought and speech, poverty of speech

Question 9

anhedonia

Answer 9

inability to experience pleasure

Question 10

anosognosia

Answer 10

lack of insight

Question 11

what’s the only approved antidepressant for treating Bulimia in Canada

Answer 11

Fluoxetine

Question 12

Acetylcholine (ACh)
(Cholinergic)

Answer 12

↑Depression
↓Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease
Parasympathetic system
Sleep, arousal, pain, movement, memory, attention

Question 13

Norepinephrine (NE)

Answer 13

↑Mania, anxiety, schizophrenia
↓Depression, ADHD

Fight or flight
Mood, cognition, perception, motion, cardiovascular function, sleep, arousal

Question 14

Antidiuretic hormone

Answer 14

Conserves water balance and maintains blood pressure

Question 15

Schizophrenia: neurotransmitters

Answer 15

• positive symptoms associated with too much dopamine in one pathway. (mesolimbic pathway)
• negative symptoms associated with low dopamine in a dif pathway (mesocortical pathway)
• excess of serotonin induce psychotic symptoms

Question 16

SSRIs Neurotransmitter

Answer 16

Treat depression by increasing serotonin levels

Question 17

anxiety/panic attacks neurotransmitter

Answer 17

• NE is the main one
• Serotonin and GABA may be decreased in anxiety disorders

Question 18

OCD neurotransmitters

Answer 18

Can be caused by serretonin (low), glutamate (low), GABA (high),

Question 19

sterile

Answer 19

Surgical Asepsis

Question 19

delirium tremens onset

Answer 19

48 hours after abrupt cessation of alcohol in those with chronic use and can last up to 5 days

Question 20

Basal metabolic rate

Answer 20

NRG requirement of a person at rest