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Exam Guru 5 Flashcards

1
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Fn caudate nucleus

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Voluntary motor - Huntington’s

Goal-directed actions - OCD

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Hippocampus

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Encode new memories - Alzheimer’s

- cognitive of Schizophrenia

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Anorexia pt w/ amenorrhea, next step?

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Involuntary hospitalization for nutritional replenishment

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4
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Treat acute mania in pregnancy?

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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5
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What NT is involved in ADHD?

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Norepinephrine - treat w/ stimulants (NE reuptake inhibitors)

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6
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What NT involved in depression?

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Serotonin
NE
D

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7
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What NT involved in mania?

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Dopamine

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8
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What NT involved in schizophrenia?

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Dopamine

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9
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What NT involved in OCD?

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Serotonin

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10
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What NT involved in Anxiety?

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Serotonin

GABA - think BDZ

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11
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Cotard?

Fregoli?

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Cotard - turd - body parts dying
(nihilism)
Fregoli - Fred is George - different people are one person

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12
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What drug improve nicotine cravings while suppressing withdrawal symptoms?

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Varenicline

- partial agonist at nicotine receptors

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13
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What dopaminergic system stimulated during gambling?

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Mesolimbic

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1st line GAD?

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SSRI

- escitalopram, fluvoxamine, sertraline…

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What illicit drug case euphoria, friendliness and feelings of love? Also provoke?

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Amphetamine

- mood disorder

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16
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How treat amphetamine toxicity?

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BDZ - Lorazepam

17
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Wet, wild + wacky?

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus

- dementia, incontinence, walking trouble

18
Q

How treat pseudo dementia?

  • depression causing dementia
  • can be acute onset
  • I don’t know
A

Fluoxetine

19
Q

How treat anxiety?

- considered sedative meds

A

BDZ

Buspirone

20
Q

If you have:

  • REM sleep disorders
  • apraxia (drawing pentagons)
  • visual hallucinations
  • parkinsonian symptoms think?
A

Dementia w/ Lewy Bodies

21
Q

Secondary or tertiary treatment for MDD?

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Phenelzine - MAOI - last treatment due to toxicity - can mask parkinson symptoms

22
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Metoprolol in elderly w/ dementia?

A

Can cause cognitive suppression

- sympatholytic activity

23
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Drink a ton of water, euvolemic hyponatremia.
Could be psychogenic polydipsia or SIADH.
Difference?

A

SIADH - urine concentrated

PP - urine maximally dilute
dementia, mania, schizo

24
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Drug to reduce alcohol cravings?

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Acamprosate

  • GABA agonist
  • NMDA antagonist
25
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Mydriasis, diarrhea, rhinorrhea

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Opiate withdrawal

26
Q

Develops slowly over months
Recurrent involuntary contraction of small muscle groups
While on antipsychotic

A

Tardive dyskinesia

  • Grimacing
  • Grunting
  • Muscle movements

Psych 2016 (14 decks)

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