Comquest Q 3 Flashcards
What is happening with the eyes with alcohol intoxication?
Nystagmus
What is the side effect of ziprasidone?
Qt prolongation
What are the 3 w’s of normal pressure hydrocephalus?
Wet, wobbly and wacky
Urinary incontinence, ataxia and dementia
If I see mania if a vignette what should I be thinking and would to treat?
What to treat acute mania
Bi polar and Mood stabilizers
Atypical antipsychotics
What stage of sleep is increased in MDD
REM
Role of hippocampus and memories
Making new memories
Depression and sleep what to give
Trazodone
If a patient takes a drug and is hallucinated what receptor does it work through like shrooms or lsd
Serotonin
What is erotomanic delusion?
Delusion in which a pt believes that a famous person is in love with him or her
What is the best therapy for impulse control disorders?
Group therapy
What is the triad of depression?
Negative views about yourself
Negative views about the world
Expectation of future failure
What is circumstantial thought process?
Pt. Loses focus on what they are talking about and goes to something else but eventually comes back around to it
Where is atrophy in the brain with schizophrenia
Hippocampus and medial temporal lobe
What HTN med can cause overt depression?
Clonidine
Two main effects of taking ecstasy or any amphetamine like drug and how do we treat both?
Obviously there is the euphoria type symptoms.
But it can induce mood disorder with mania, remove the agent
And hyper sympathetic system, benzo
