E1: Reading Material

Question 1

What are cognitive distortions?

Answer 1

Aka faulty assumptions

Ex) if I were smart, I would do well on tests. I must not be smart since I received an average grade.

Question 2

What is CBT?

Answer 2

• Combines theories and approaches from cognitive therapy and behavior therapy
• the patient learns how their feelings and behavior are influenced by their thoughts

Question 3

What is dialectal behavioral therapy (DBT)?

Answer 3

A form of CBT that is effective in reducing the urges to engage in self harm behavior and leads to fewer hospital says

Question 4

What kind of therapy is often effective for patients with borderline personality disorders?

Answer 4

DBT

Question 5

What are the 4 Ps you should obtain when taking an HPI for a psychiatric exam?

Answer 5

The patients psychosocial and environmental conditions Predisposing to, Precipitating, Perpetuating, and Protecting against the current episode

Question 6

What is affect?

Answer 6

How the patients mood appears to be to the examiner, including the amount and range of emotional expression.

Question 7

What are clang associations?

Answer 7

Word connections due to phonetics rather than actual meaning

Question 8

What are delusions?

Answer 8

Fixed and false beliefs that are not shared by the persons culture and cannot be changed by reasoning

Question 9

What are neologisms?

Answer 9

Made up words

Question 10

What is the mini mental state exam (MMSE)?

Answer 10

A simple, brief test used to assess gross cognitive functioning