Day 7 Flashcards
Acute Stress Disorder Timeframe
Start w/in 4 weeks, occur for maximum of 4 weeks (also last for at least 2 days)
Tourette’s Onset
Usually ~ 7y/o, can be as early as 2
Tourette’s Motor Tic Progression
Usually start in face/head and progress down body
Tourette’s Vocal Tic Drive
Result of sudden, intrusive thoughts that patient can’t control
Best Sign for Ability to Participate in Psychodynamic Therapy
Quality of relationships
Treatment for MS Acute Attack
IV Corticosteroids
PLEX and IVIG Ds Best Treated
GBS and MG
SSRIs and MI
SSRIs improve depression and decrease platelet activity, so can sometimes reduce risk of further MIs
Collaborative Care Model Stigma Benefit
Less stigma towards being in primary care clinic
Harry Stack Sullivan
Defined stages of life through need to interact with certain individuals
Conduction Aphasia (location, primary sx, and associated sx)
L arcuate fasciculus connecting Broca’s & Wernicke’s areas, so often in L inferior parietal or superior temporal
Inability to repeat relatively normal, simple speech. May also have some writing/paraphasic errors
Obviously associated w/ a bunch of R motor/sensory sx bc of location
Broca’s Area
L posterior inferior frontal gyrus
Wernicke’s Area
L superior temporal gyrus
Broca’s Reading vs. Auditory
Reading often impaired, but auditory comprehension usually intact
Paragrammatism
Wernicke’s Speech Pattern w/ neologisms, verbal paraphasic errors, and production of jargon
