Exam 1 Flashcards
What is the most prevalent mental illness?
anxiety disorders
What is the 10th leading cause of death overall in the US?
suicide
What race has the highest prevalence of living with a mental health condition?
AI/AN followed by asian
What are the components of the psych interview?
establish relationship with patient assess risk formulate ddx and management plan negotiate and initiate tx plan produce standard record
What is the biopsychosocial model?
holistic approach that examines disease/illness beyond the pathophysiological construct
What facilitates working alliance?
attentive listening, empathy, respect and communication
What is content and process?
what is being said and how its being said
What are 3 psych interview techniques?
normalization
continuation
redirection
Normalization
helps reduce shame/stigma, being judges
Continuation
acknowledges patient, engages, nonverbal cues
Redirection
helps guide and focus interview
How long should you allow the pt to talk freely without interruption?
at least 3-4 minutes
What is SIGECAPS?
sleep interest guilt energy concentration appetite psychomotor agitation slowing or suicidality
What is the goal of past psych hx?
obtain information about psych illnesses and their course over pts lifetime including sx and tx
What is the goal of social development hx?
establish pts development and social hx across various stages of pts life
How far apart should clinician and patient be seated?
4-6 feet
What is WHODAS?
world health organization disability assessment schedule
What are the 6 domains of WHODAS?
cognition mobility self-care getting along life activities participation
What are the 4 Ps?
predisposing factors
precipitating factors
perpetuation factors
protective factors
What is MAPPS-CO?
mood anxiety psychosis personality substance/addiction somatic cognitive obsessions/compulsions
What is the purpose of the MSE?
evaluate, qualitatively and qualitatively a range of mental functions and behaviors at a specific point in and provide impt info for diagnosis
What are the components of MSE?
general appearance and attitude motor activity/behavior orientation/level of consciousness mood and affect speech thought form and content perception memory and cognition judgement and insight
What is psychomotor retardation and what does it signify?
slowing of physical and emotional rxns
may signify depression or negative sx of schizophrenia
What is psychomotor agitation and when may it occur?
excessive motor and cognitive activity may occur with anxiety or mania
Tics
sudden repetitive, jerky movements of eyes, vocal organs, face, extremities or trunk
Compulsion
repetitive and ritualized behavior which the person feels compeleld to perform
Echopraxia
involuntary repetition or imitation of another persons actions typically seen with Tourette’s or autism
Akathisia
movement disorder characterized by feeling of inner restlessness and compelling need to be in constant
SE of APS
Catalepsy
person can be molded into position that is then maintained for prolonged period of time
seen in catatonic schizophrenia
Catatonia
severe disturbance of motor fn usually manifested by markedly decreased activity but may involve hyperactivity with alteration btwn these states
Dystonia
involuntary muscle contractions that cause slow repetitive potentially painful movements or abnormal postures
Drug induced
Dyskinesia
difficulty or distortion in performing voluntary mvts
How do you check orientation?
time
place
person
situation
obtunded
slowed response to stimulation
stuporous
awakening in response to pain
comatose
unresponsive
Affect
patients observed expression of emotion
Circumstantiality
over inclusion of trivial or irrelevant details that impede sense of getting to the point
clanging
thought associated with sound of word rather than by their meaning
derailment
breakdown in both logical connection between ideas and overall sense of goal directness
flight of ideas
succession of multiple associations so that thought seem to abruptly move from idea to idea often expressed though rapid pressured speech
neologism
invention of new words or phrases
preservation
persistent repetition of specific words or concepts despite absence or cessation of stimulus
tangentiality
pt gives reply thats appropriate to general topic without actually answering the question
thought blocking
sudden disruption of thought or break in flow of ideas
word salad/incoherence
speech makes no sense at all
pressured speech
fast and difficult to interrupt
distractible speech
patient changes subject in response to something unrelated in environment
obsessions
intrusive and unwanted ideas which intrude into consciousness despite efforts to suppress them
grandiose
delusions of grandeur
persecution
belief that someone wants to cause them harm
erotomanic
belief that someone famous is in love with them
nihilistic
belief that self or part of self, others or the world does not exist
ideas of reference
belief that everything refers to pt
ideas of influence
beliefs about another person or force controlling some aspect of ones behavior
illusions
misperception or misinterpretation of REAL external sensory stimuli
dissociation
lack of connection in a persons thoughts, memory or sense of ID
depersonalization
sense that one is outside his/herself
derealization
subjective sense that the environment is strange of unreal
hallucinations
abnormal perceptions in which pt hears, sees, tastes, smells or feels something others cannot
When do illusions typically occur?
delirium and psychosis
When do hallucinations typically occur?
psychosis
When do auditory hallucinations typically occur?
schizophrenia
When do visual hallucinations typically occur?
organic conditions
when do tactile hallucinations typically occur?
alcohol or benzo withdrawal
How do you test attention?
spell world backwards
How do you test concentration?
serial 7s
What is patients insight?
patients ability to understand and acknowledge factors that influence a situation such as his/her illness
What is ASEPTIC?
appearance speech emotion perceptions thought content and process insight and judgement cognition
What is ddx for MDD?
secondary depression bipolar disorder anxiety disorder greif/loss personality disorder dysthymia adjustment disorder
Dysthymia
persistent long term depression
What are the most common comorbid psych disorders associated with MDD?
anxiety
substance use
personality disorders
MDD etiology
early environment shapes neuronal connectivity and current environment unmasks vulnerabilities to trigger depression via release of cortisol
What is the stress diathesis model?
predisposed due to genetics and brain structure/abnormalities and neurotransmitters but triggered by stressors to develop psych disorders
What neurotransmitters are involved in pathophysiology of depression?
serotonin, NE, dopamine
Neocortex
concentration
Striatum
sluggish movement
Central striatum
anxiety
Hypothalamus
sleep and appetite
Hippocampus
memory