Diagnosis & Psychopathology Flashcards
Which personality disorder has the highest genetic influence?
Antisocial
What is the most prominent risk factor for childhood depression?
A parent with a depressive disorder
What is the most common second-line medication for ADHD?
Antidepressants
T/F: Risk for major depression is essentially the same whether an individual has one or two parents with depression.
True
What are 3 common vegetative symptoms associated with depression?
Sleep difficulties, appetite changes, psychomotor retardation
Which areas of the brain are most likely to be affected by FAS?
Basal ganglia, hippocampus, frontal lobes
Buprenorphine is used for what?
Opioid addiction
T/F: A patient will score low on the Rancho Los Amigos Scale globe when admitted to a rehabilitation setting and score will increase as they improve.
True
Prevalence rate for ASD in epidemiological studies since 2000 indicate a convergence rate of…
60/10,000
What is the best treatment for Factitious Disorder?
Supportive psychotherapy in an outpatient setting
ADHD has been linked to abnormalities in what brain structures?
Frontal lobe, striatum, cerebellum
Is nicotine replacement itself effective for long-term abstinence?
No
Nicotine replacement therapy + behavioral interventions are more helpful in terms of short-term or long-term abstinence?
Long-term
Korsakoff’s Syndrome results in severe anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia for events that occurred when?
In the recent past
Ex. Remembering someone met a week ago
What percentage of children with ADHD continue to exhibit symptoms into adulthood?
30-70%
Dissociative amnesia usually results in memory loss for information acquired when?
After the emotional trauma (event that caused the symptoms)
Reactive Attachment Disorder involves what?
Emotionally withdrawn behavior toward adult caregivers.
Idiopathic
Of unknown cause
Stage 1 of Alzheimer’s involves what?
Short-term memory loss
Stage 2 of Alzheimer’s involves what?
Inability to perform complex tasks
Incidence rate of OCD in males vs. females in adolescence and adulthood
Higher rates among boys
About equal rates among adult males and females
Caution is necessary when considering Ritalin for a hyperactive child who has a family history of what?
Tourette’s
What type of hallucinations are most common among Schizophrenics?
Auditory
Circumstantiality (speech)
A pattern of speech that is delayed in reaching the point
Clonidine side effects
Dry mouth, headache, hypotension
Depression is accompanied by what type of memory deficit?
Recall memory
According to Theodore Millon, people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder rely primarily on which defense mechanisms?
Repression, rationalization, projection
What area of the brain appears to be overactive in people diagnosed with OCD?
Caudate nucleus
% of children diagnosed with ADHD who will exhibit symptoms through life
30-70%
Hypokalemia
Low levels of serum potassium from purging
May ultimately lead to kidney failure or cardiac arrest
To diagnose someone under 18 with a personality disorder, features must be present for how long?
1 year
Factors associated with successful smoking cessation
Male
35+
Married or living with partner (support)
Started smoking at a later age
Tourette’s criteria
- sxs
- duration
- age of onset
At least one vocal, multiple motor tics
Sxs have persisted for more than 1 yr
Onset before 18
Rehm’s Self-Control Model (depression)
Depression = issues with self-monitoring, self-evaluation, self-reinforcement
When a parent had childhood-onset ADHD, risk for diagnosis in own child is?
57%
How many symptoms are needed (in either category or combined) for an adult to receive an ADHD diagnosis?
5
How many symptoms (in either category or combined) are needed for someone under 17 to receive an ADHD diagnosis?
6
Functional amnesia is characterized by?
Amnesia for autobiographical info
12-month prevalence rate for Bipolar 1 in US
0.6%
What % of women experience postpartum depression?
10-15%
When is suicide risk the highest for someone with Bipolar Disorder?
When depressive symptoms have begun to lift
