Chapter 27: Psychiatric and Related Disorders Flashcards
1
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schizophrenic brain
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- lighter
- larger ventricles
- less OFC
- altered neurons in dlPFC and hippocampus
- reduced GABA
2
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changes in depression
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- more cortisol
- less overall cerebral activity
- less cingulate, dlPFC, vmPFC and amygdala
3
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changes in bipolar
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- less temporal and cerebellum
- neurodegenerative aspect
4
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changes in anxiety disorders
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- ACC, mPFC, OFC and hippocampus
5
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changes in PTSD
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- less dlPFC
6
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stroke consequences
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- 25 to 50% poststroke depression
- 25% poststroke generalized anxiety
7
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Huntington’s disease onset and changes
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- between 30 and 50 years
- cortical thinning
- basal ganglia atrophy
- dopamine hyperacticity
8
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coprolalia
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- obscene speech in Tourette’s syndrome
9
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Tourette’s syndrome
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- subcortical, most likely basal ganglia
- abnormal frontoparietal circuit
- RH more affected
10
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postencephalitic Parkinson’s diseas
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- either sleeping sickness
- or druginduced
11
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psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s
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- decreased feeling, libido, motive, attention
12
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five things about Alzheimer’s disease
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- most common form of dementia
- neuritic plaques from tau protein in cortex
- made up of amyloid and degenerative cellular fragments
- paired helical filaments = neurofirillary tangles in cortex and hippocampus
- shrinkage of cortex and limbic system
