Exam 1 review material

Question 1

Panic Attack Specifier

Answer 1

A discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, w/ 4+ symptoms developed abruptly and a peak within 10 min

1. Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
2. Sweating
3. Trembling or shaking
4. shortness of breath or smothering
5. Feeling of choking
6. Chest pain or discomfort
7. Nausea or abdominal distress
8. dizzy

Question 2

ADHD

Answer 2

Attention (6 months +):

• inability to focus
• loses things
• forgetful
• can’t follow through on instructions
• inability to sustain attention
• avoids activities that involve sustained attention
• easily distracted

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity (6 months +)

• fidgets
• blurts out answers
• always on the go
• talks excessivly
• can’t wait turn
• interrupts others
• can’t do leisure activities quietly
• runs/climbs when innapropriate
• Sx before age 12
• Sx in 2 or more settings

Question 3

Intellectual Developmental Disorder

Answer 3

1. deficits in intellectual functioning (reasoning, problem solving)
2. deficits in adaptive functioning that result in of personal independence & social responsibility
   (self-care, transportation, managing money, living in env, asking for help)
3. Sx present during developmental period
   * Must be

Question 4

Autism

Answer 4

A. decifits in social communication & interactions

• deficit in social-emotional reciprocity
• deficitits in nonverbal communication
• deficits in developing/maintaining relationships

B. Restricted, repetitive patterns o behavior, interests (2+ Sx)

• repetitive motor movements
• insistence on sameness/inflexiible routine
• restricted, fixated interests
• hyperreactivity to sensory input

C. Sx present in early dev period

Question 5

Anorexia (3 main criteria + subtypes)

Answer 5

A. restricted food intake resulting in low body weight
B. fear of gaining weight
C. disturbance in body perception

• restrictive type: 3 months of no binge/purge (weight loss from dieting, exercise)
• Binge-purging type: 3 months of binge-purge

Question 6

Bulimia (3 main criteria)

Answer 6

A. binge-purge episodes
B. lack of control
C. inappropriate compensatory behavior 1x/week for 3 mo

Question 7

Acute Stress VS PTSD (time criteria/symptoms)

Answer 7

Acute Stress: 3 days - 1 month

PTSD: 1 month +

A. exposure to death, injury or violence:

I-ntrusion
N-egative mood
D-issociative
A-voidance
A-rousal

Question 8

Basic Building Blocks of Bipolar/Depressive Disorders

Answer 8

Bipolar I: Manic Episode (or + MDE)

Bipolar II: Hypomanic episode + MDE

Cyclothymia: (2 yrs) subclinical Hypomanic sx + subclinical major depressive sx

Major Depressive Disorder: MDE

Dysthymia: (2 years) Major Depressive sx

Question 9

Manic Episode

Answer 9

elevated mood & increased energy FOR 1 WEEK
3+ sx:

G-randiosity
S-leep decline 
T-alkative
F-light of ideas
D-istractibility 
G-oal directed activity 
R-isky behavior

Question 10

Hypomanic Episode

Answer 10

elevated mood & increased energy FOR 4 DAYS
3+ sx:

G-randiosity
S-leep decline 
T-alkative
F-light of ideas
D-istractibility 
G-oal directed activity 
R-isky behavior

Question 11

Cyclothymic Disorder

Answer 11

A. 2 years - subclinical hypomanic + major depressive symptoms

B. sx present for 1/2 time; NEVER WITHOUT SX FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS

C. criteria for MDE, ME, or HPME have never been met

Question 12

PDD (Dysthymia)

Answer 12

A. Depressed mood most days for 2 YEARS

B. 2+ sx while depressed:

F-atigue
L-ow self esteem
I-nsomnia
P-oor appetite

C. never without sx for more than 2 months

D. never had ME, HPME or cyclothymia