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Buzzwords Flashcards

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Third person auditory hallucinations

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Schizophrenia

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Mesocortical dopamine hypoactivity

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Negative and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia

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Subcortical dopamine hyperactivity

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Psychosis

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4
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What are the dopamine pathways in the brain?

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Tuberoinfundibular, nigrostriatal, subcortical and mesocortical

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5
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Tuberoinfundibular is concerned with

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Prolactin

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6
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Nigrostriatal controls the

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Extrapyramidal motor movements

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Mesolimbic pathway is concerned with

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Motivation and reward

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8
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What dopamine pathway is dysregulated in schizophrenia?

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Mesolimbic

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9
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Mesolimbic Da blockade vs agonism

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Depression

Psychosis

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10
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What atypical anti-psychotics causes the most weight gain?

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Olazapine

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11
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Clozapine side effects

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Agranulocytosis

Weight gain

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How often do you monitor clozapine?

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Once a week for first 6 months, once every 2 weeks for next 6, every 4 weeks after and every month after discontinuation

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Brain changes in schizophrenia

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Reduced frontal lobe volume, enlarged ventricles, reduced grey matter in temporal cortex

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Pressure of thought is seen in

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Mania and schizophrenia

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15
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Poverty of thought means that the patient reports

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Lack/absence of thoughts

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16
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Thought blocking is what?

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Abrupt and complete interruption of stream

17
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Thought blocking is associated with

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Schizophrenia

18
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What do you treat EPSE with ?

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Procyclidine

19
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Flight of ideas vs Knight’s move

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Flight of ideas - link

Knight’s move - no link

20
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Amygdala is involved in

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Normal response to threat

21
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What does the PFC do?

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Dampen downs amygdala response to threat

22
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Management of OCD?

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SSRI, SSRI, TCA or SSRI, SSRI or TCA (chlomipramine)

23
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Beck’s triad of psych

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-ve feelings about self, world, and future

24
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NMDA antagonists produce

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Psychotic symptoms

25
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What do you use in alcohol withdrawal ?

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Chlordiazepoxide

26
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Alcohol withdrawal seizures within ____ hours

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48

27
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Delirium tremes between ___ and ___ hours

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48, 72

28
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Eosinophilic inclusions

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Lewy bodies

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