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Chapter #16: Psychiatric Disorders Flashcards

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What are psychiatric disorders?

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-Disturbance in thought, mood and/or behavior that impairs function or causes distress
-Diagnosed by behavioral symptoms vs. lab test
-Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
-biological underpinnings

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Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders

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-More than 1/3 of US population reported at some point symptoms matching psychiatric disorders

-Sex differences

-Age of onset

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Social Behavioral Dysfunction in mental Illness

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-Hypo- or a-sociality (reduced, or lack of, healthy social function)
-Impaired motivation to elicit social interactions
-Social avoidance
-Impaired social cognition

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Impaired motivation to elicit social interactions

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Schizoid personality disorder – cold, detached, aloof

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Social Avoidance

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Social anxiety disorder – find social interactions aversive

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Impaired social cognition

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Autism spectrum disorders – difficulty understanding others’ emotions and thoughts

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Pattern of antisocial behavior and/or attitudes

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-Disregard for and violation of the rights and feelings of others
-Deviates noticeably from expectations of individual’s culture
-Pervasive and inflexible
-Leads to personal distress or impairment

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Sociopathy

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having a sense of morality and a well-developed conscience, but the sense of right and wrong is not that of the parent culture – can show remorse for actions

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Psychopathy

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no empathy or sense of morality, dishonesty, manipulativeness – shows no remorse

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Cluster B personality disorders

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  1. Antisocial personality disorder
  2. Borderline personality disorder
  3. Narcissistic personality disorder
  4. Histrionic personality disorder
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In some studies, 9 out of 10 people with antisocial personality disorder…

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have been found to have some other major psychiatric illness

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What psychiatric illnesses are common with antisocial personality disorder?

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-Substance use disorder is most common
-Other impulse control problems
-Mood disorders

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Theoretical Psychological Basis

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-Part 1: Callousness/unemotionality

-Part 2: Impulsive/impaired learning

-Consequence: Antisocial behaviors

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Neuroscience Basis

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  1. Amygdala dysfunction causes reduced emotional empathy and sets the stage of psychopathy
  2. Reward/reinforcement system (striatum) dysfunction causes impaired action-outcome (instrumental learning), particularly for punishment
  3. Frontal lobe dysfunction and impulsive crime
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Amygdala & Emotional Empathy

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-Viewing people experiencing fear, sadness or pain evokes emotional empathy in healthy people (we experience their emotions)

-Activates:
1. Amygdala
2. Anterior Cingulate
3. Insula

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4 facets - Amygdala & Emotional Empathy

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  1. Interpersonal – superficial charm, manipulative
  2. Affective – shallow affect, lack of remorse
  3. Lifestyle – impulsivity, irresponsibility
  4. Antisocial – poor behavioral control, criminal versatility
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Ventral Frontal Lobe & Self Control

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-fitful, irreverent, indulging at times in the grossest profanity (not previously custom)
-little deference for his friends
-impatient of restraint or advice when it conflicts with desires

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What is schizophrenia?

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-Schizo = to split
-Phren = mind, not personality
→ Thought, mood, affect and behavior are splintered

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What spectrum of disorders is schizophrenia?

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Psychosis = disconnection from reality

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Prevalence of schizophrenia

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-Age of onset is typically 18-24
-1 to 3% of US population
-more common in males

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DSM V Criteria for Schizophrenia

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-2 or more of the following present for a significant portion of time in a 1 month period, at least one of these must be 1,2, or 3
1. delusions
2. hallucionations
3. disorganized speech
4. grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
5. negative symptoms (ex. diminished emotional expression or avolition)

-for a significant portion of time since onset, level of functioning in one or more major areas, such as work, interpersonal relations, or self-care, is below the level achieved prior to onset

-continuous signs of persistence for at least 6 months

-schizoaffective disorder and depressive or bipolar disorder with psychotic features have been rules out

-the disturbance is not due to a substance

-if autistic spectrum disorder or communication disorder of childhood onset, schizophrenia is only diagnosed if prominent delusions and hallucinations are present and required symptoms are present for at least 1 month

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DSM V Criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder

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In the past year you must have 2 symptoms to have AUD, 2-3 for mild, 4-5 for moderate, and 6 for severe
1. drank more than intended
2. more than once wanted to stop but could not
3. spent a lot of time drinking
4. wanted to drink so badly you couldn’t think about anything else
5. drinking or being sick from it interfered with your home or family or job or school
6. continued drinking despite home or job problems
7. given up activities
8. continued to drink regardless of depression or anxiety
9. built a tolerance
10. more than once gotten into situations while drinking that increased your chances of getting hurt
11. had withdrawal symptoms

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Positive symptoms

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refers to symptoms that are present but should not be

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negative symptoms

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refers to characteristics of the individual that are absent but should be present

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cognitive symptoms

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refers to problems with processing and acting on external information

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examples of positive symptoms - psychosis

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-hallucinations
-delusions
-disorganized thought and speech
-bizarre behaviors

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2 types of negative symptoms

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  1. Emotional Dysregulation
  2. Impaired Motivation
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examples of negative symptoms - emotional dysregulation

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-lack of emotional expression
-reduced facial expression (flat affect)
-inability to experience pleasure in everyday activities (anhedonia)

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examples of negative symptoms - impaired motivation

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-reduced conversation (alogia)
-diminished ability to begin or sustain activities
-social withdrawal

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examples of cognitive symptoms - Neurocognitive impairment

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-memory problems
-poor attention span
-difficulty making plans
-reduced decision-making capacity
-poor social cognition
-abnormal movement patterns

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What may promote psychosis?

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-psychotropic substances
-inflammation, injury, illness
-stress/trauma susceptibility
-genetic susceptibility

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psychotropic substances that promote psychosis

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Stimulant drugs of abuse, high potency cannabis & psychedelics (e.g. PCP or Angel dust)

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inflammation, injury, illness that promote psychosis

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-Meningitis & encephalitis
-Tumors, strokes, Parkinson’s disease & Alzheimer’s disease

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Genetic susceptibility

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-Twin studies
→ Monozygotic vs. dizygotic

-Discordant monozygotic twins
→ Birth weight
→ Early psychological distress
→ Motor coordination

-Hundreds of genes:
→ Neuregulin 1 – GABA, NMDA, ACh receptors
→ Dysbindin – synaptic plasticity
→ COMT – dopamine metabolism
→ DISC1– brain synapse development

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Examples of impairments in people with schizophrenia

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-does not have a smooth pursuit of moving cursor
-does not have a free viewing of a photograph
-does not have a fixed gaze on a single point

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Impact of stress on SCZ

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-SCZ appears in transition from child to adult
→ Physical, emotional, lifestyle changes
-City living
→ Move from one to other

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Impact of prenatal stress on SCZ

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-Flu (1st trimester = 7x)
-Incompatible blood type
-Gestational diabetes

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Ventricle Volume & Schizophrenia

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-larger in affected patients
-No relationship to illness length or hospitalization period
-Predicts responsiveness to antipsychotic drugs
-also saw enlarged ventricles in Disc1 transgenic mice

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Limbic System & Schizophrenia

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-Hippocampus and amygdala smaller in SCZ-discordant twin
-Disorganization of hippocampal pyramidal cells
-Entorhinal cortex, parahippocampal cortex, cingulate cortex abnormalities

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Cortex & Schizophrenia

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-thinning of grey matter
-hypofrontality (Less cortical activation in SCZ-discordant twin at rest and during task)

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How does whole brain volume change with schizophrenia?

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as a person with schizophrenia ages, their whole brain volume decreases much more than a healthy individual

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Chlorpromazine

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-antipsychotic drug
-anesthetic
-lessened psychosis symptoms
-Dramatically impaired/slowed voluntary movement
→D2 antagonist effects in extrapyramidal motor system
→l-DOPA can evoke/worsen psychosis in Parkinson’s patients
-D2 antagonism predicts clinical efficacy

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What are first-generation antipsychotics?

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dopamine receptor antagonists (also known as typical antipsychotics)

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What are second-generation antipsychotics?

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serotonin-dopamine antagonists (also known as atypical antypsychotics)

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examples of first-generation antipsychotics

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-Chlorpromazine
-Thioridazine
-Haloperidol
-Raclopride

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examples of second-generation antipsychotics

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-Remoxipride
-Clozapine
-Risperidone

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Dopamine Hypothesis - Schizophrenia

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-Dopamine overactivity in limbic system causes positive symptoms
→ Dopamine release
→ Dopamine receptors

-Dopamine function is too low in the frontal cortex
→ Causes the limbic overactivity

-compared to the normal state, the mesocortical dopamine system is weakened and the mesolimbic dopamine system is overactive in schizophrenia

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Limitations of the dopamine hypothesis

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-Not all symptoms are treated well by dopamine antagonists

-Not all patients will respond to a dopamine antagonist

-Even if they do respond, their delay to efficacy is prolonged, and the associated adverse effects are substantial

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