Exam I Flashcards
transference vs countertransference?
- Transference: pt projects feelings about others onto the physician
- Countertransference: clinician projects feelings about others onto pt
Behavior:
what are mannerisms and specifically what are stereotypies?
- pacing, facial expressions
- persistent repetition of senseless acts or words
repeated muscular contraction (either motor or vocal) that is involuntary and suppressible briefly
Tics
actions reflecting an emotional state
gestures
pervasive and sustained emotional state in the PATIENT’s own words
Mood (happy, sad, angry, etc)
outward, observable expression of a person’s emotional state (blunted, flat, full range)–does not have to be MOOD CONGRUENT
Affect
lack of feelings/emotions
apathy
no pleasure in things
anhedonia
Speech prosody vs. fluency
- rhythm, melody, articulation
- word finding, thought blocking
Speech Terms:
- word salad:
- neologisms:
- clang associations
- perseveration
- an incoherent jumble of words
- meaning of word only known to pt
- series of rhyming words
- repeating same answer to different questions
fixed false beliefs
delusions
Examples of Delusions:
- Grandeur
- Persecutory
- Erotomania
- Nihilism
- grandiose identity
- intentional personal attack
- another is madly in love with them
- everything is nothingness/ meaningless
intrusive thoughts that cannot be put out of mind
obsessions
Thought Process:
- blocking:
- derailment:
- paralogia:
- congestion internally prevents communication
- slip from one topic to unrelated topic
- false reasoning
Ganser Syndrome
pt gives approximate answers
(2+2 = 5)
Illusions vs. Hallucinations
- misperception
- false perception (all 5 senses)
Derealization vs. Depersonalization
- sense current scenario is not real (like watching a movie)
- observing self in the present scenario
awareness of current condition and severity of the condition
insight
word choice during interview; IQ and achievement tests
Intelligence
Level of Consciousness vs. Orientation
- alert, lethargic, somnolent, coma
- person, place, time, purpose
Pt with disorientation, amnesia, confabulation, lack of concern, perseveration
Korsakoff Syndrome
Attention vs. Concentration
- sustain interest on a stimulus
- capacity to maintain attention despite distraction stimuli
How to test for Immediate, Recent, and Remote Memory
- repetition of 3 words (no ifs ands buts)
- recall 3 words in 5 minutes, their last meal
- last 3 presidents, DOB, job list
Capgras Syndrome
known person replaced with exact double with evil intent
known person replaced with exact double with evil intent
Capgras Syndrome
unconscious filling of gaps with false memory
confabulation
how to test for Abstraction (Executive function/cognition)
- Similars
- proverbs (people in glass houses should not throw stones)
Receptive vs. Expressive vs. Communicative Aphasia
- can’t hear/read or understand
- can’t speak/write correctly
- can understand and can read/hear but cannot repeat
______ assessment questions should be included in an initial psychiatric evaluation
spiritual
pt’s reported emotional state
mood
observed emotional range of the pt and can be congruent or incongruent with reported mood
affect
capacity to maintain attention despite distracting stimuli
concentration
how to test for neurosyphilis
serum RPR and CSF VDRL
urine metanephrines:
- what does it test for
- and what’s the triad?
- pheochromocytoma
- HA, sweating, tachycardia
what might a head CT show in schizophrenia, eating disorders, alcohol use, bipolar, dementia, and depression
enlarged ventricles
EEG findings in dementia?
decreased alpha in occipital
Psychological Assessment:
- Self-Report:
- Performance:
- diagnostic, sx specific and personality measures
- cognitive, neuropsychological measures
Psychological Assessment:
what differentiates Composite International Diagnostic Interview from SCID?
cross cultural validation!
self-administered inventories designed to assess general psychopathology
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
semistructured interview that measures SEVERITY of psychotic symptoms
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
which Neuropsychological Screening exam is less sensitive for mild cognitive impairment?
Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE)
which Neuropsychological Screening exam is more sensitive AND specific for mild through severe cognitive impairment?
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)
what does ANotherMEDICalCONDITion stand for?
Autoimmune
Nutritional deficit
Metabolic encephalopathy
Endocrine
Demyelination
Immune
Convulsions
Cerebrovascular Disease
Offensive Toxins
Neoplasm
Degeneration
Infection
Trauma
Certain lab studies help dx medical conditions presenting as psychiatric symptoms as well as monitor for side effects caused by a medication including… (4)
- electrolytes (Na, K)
- renal function
- liver function
- TSH
decreased alpha power in the occipital lobe on EEG is associated with
dementia
what assessment helps monitor symptoms in patient with schizophrenia
Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS)
ANotherMEDICalCONDITion is used to ID relevant medical conditions that may be presenting with _____ symptoms
psychiatric
Herpes may present with what psychiatric symptom?
gustatory hallucinations
gustatory hallucinations are associated with what pathology?
herpes
Sigmund Freud’s Theory of Development
- Oral (birth-18 mo)—puts everything in their mouth
- Anal (18 mo – 3 yr) –anal sphincter control
- Phallic (3 yr – 5 yr) –masturbation
- Latency (5 yr – 12 yr) –calm period with ego strength
- Genital (12 yr – 18 yr) –coherent sense of self and ability to separate from parents
Erik Erickson’s Theory of Development
- Trust vs Mistrust (birth – 1 yr)
- Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt (1-3 yr)
- Initiative vs Guilt (3-6 yr)
- Industry vs Inferiority (6-12 yr)
- Identity vs Role Confusion (12-20 yr)
- Intimacy vs Isolation (20-39 yr)
- Generativity vs Stagnation (40-59 yr)
- Ego Integrity vs Despair (60+ yr)
Jean Piaget’s Theory of Development
- Sensorimotor (birth-2 yr) –knowing an object by what you can do to it
- Pre-Operational (2-7 yr) –symbolic thinking (language)
- Concrete Operations (7-12 yr) –logic develops
- Formal Operations (12 yr – adulthood) –abstract concepts (motivations, theory, etc)
Lawrence Kohlberg Theory of Development
- Preconventional
- Conventional
- Postconventional
Who and What?
Attachment Theory
Bowlby
emotional bond between caregiver and infant
Who did it?
Rhesus monkeys deprived of maternal contact –> increased infant mortality
Harry Harlow
Who and What?
Stranger Situation
Ainsworth
categorized attachment of infant and caregiver as secure or insecure
Theory that proposes development moves from undifferentiated and defuse toward greater complexity via differentiation and consolidation across subsystems
Orthogenic Principle
Systems Theory of Development:
Equifinality vs. Multifinality
- same phenomenon results from different pathogen (i.e. autism)
- one factor can result in several psychopathologic outcomes
Infancy (Birth-2yrs)
: increased exploration of self and outside world
- Freud:
- Erickson:
- Piaget:
- Ainsworth:
- Oral, anal
- trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame/doubt
- sensorimotor
- secure vs insecure
PreSchool (2-5yrs)
Define the Types of Play
- mimicry
- parallel
- associative
- cooperative
- feeding baby, etc
- solitary play despite being around others
- sharing toys but still solitary
- work together on common task
PreSchool (2-5yrs)
: increased symbolic thought
- Freud:
- Erickson:
- Piaget:
- Kohlberg:
- anal, phallic, latency
- autonomy vs. shame/doubt, initiative vs guilt
- pre operational
- binary view of right and wrong, follow rules to avoid punishment, not age dependent
School Age (5-12yrs)
: increased ability to engage in concrete logical thinking
- Freud:
- Erickson:
- Piaget:
- latency, genital
- industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion
- pre operational, concrete operations
Adolescence (13-20yrs)
: abstract logical thought
- Freud:
- Erickson:
- Piaget:
- Kohlberg:
- genital
- idenitfy vs. role confusion
- formal operations
- fully formed conscience, well developed sense of right and wrong, test parents
Adult (18+ yrs)
: leaving home, redefining relationship with parents, meaningful friendship
- Erickson:
- Piaget:
- identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs isolation, generativity vs stagnation
- formal operations
Late Adulthood
: imparting wisdom, increased dependence on others
- Erickson
- ego-integrity vs despair
what is the psychosexual stage associated with ages birth to 18 months?
oral
what is the Eriksonian stage for 60+ years old?
ego integrity vs despair
abstract thought and understanding underlying principles are possible in the developmental stage of _________ as categorized by Piaget
Formal Operations
what is possible in the Formal Operations stage (Piaget)
abstract thought and understanding underlying principles
what has provided several models for the development of psychopathology including risk factor identification?
systems theory
Systems theory has provided several models for the development of psychopathology including __________?
risk factor identification
define informed consent
Pt understands and agrees to evaluation and tx proposed by physician
what are the 3 components of informed consent?
- mental capacity
- adequate information
- voluntariness
administrative or judicial process by which the state’s power is used to identify and remove a mentally ill individual from society and place him or her in an institutional setting
civil commitment
Parens patriae
father of the country (legal basis involved in civil commitment)
what are the criteria for civil commitment? (3)
- serious psychiatric disorder
- significant risk of pt harming self or others
- hospitalization is least restrictive alternative (vs incarceration)
Involuntary Treatment:
court ordered is usually an involuntary treatment in the form of…
a long term medication
Privilege vs. Confidentiality
- pt information that may not be disclosed in a legal setting
- pt information that may not be disclosed to ANYONE (HIPPA)
pt information that may not be disclosed in a legal setting
privilege
pt information that may not be disclosed to ANYONE (HIPPA)
confidentiality
To establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason (from disease of mind) that they did not know the nature and quality of the act they were doing
M’Naghten Rule (Cognitive Test)
If at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to he law
Model Penal Code
Duty to Protect vs Duty to Warn
- clinician required to take steps to protect patient from harming intended target person
- clinician required to take steps to notify intended target person of threat
clinician required to take steps to notify intended target person of threat
duty to warn
clinician required to take steps to protect patient from harming intended target person
duty to protect
capacity vs competency
- a person’s ability to make a decision; ability to utilize information about an illness and proposed treatment options to make a choice that is congruent with one’s own values and preferences
- ability for an individual to participate in legal proceedings or transactions and the mental condition a person must have to be responsible for his or her decisions or acts
a person’s ability to make a decision; ability to utilize information about an illness and proposed treatment options to make a choice that is congruent with one’s own values and preferences
capacity
ability for an individual to participate in legal proceedings or transactions and the mental condition a person must have to be responsible for his or her decisions or acts
competency
4 elements of capacity?
- understanding
- expressing a choice
- appreciation
- reasoning
unilateral termination of the doctor-patient relationship without justification, leading to harm to the patient
abandonment
civil commitment requires…
- serious psych disorder
- risk of harm to self or others
- hospitalization is the least restrictive option
examples of reasons to terminate a patient relationship?
- Failure to pay
- Threatening behavior
- Repeated failure to keep appointments
- Non-compliance with treatment plan
- Abuse of prescribed medication
Pt with…
* deficits in intellectual functions confirmed by both clinical assessment and individualized, standardized intelligence testing
* Failure to meet developmental and sociocultural standards
Intellectual Developmental Disorder (ID)
prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal causes of Intellectual Developmental Disorder (ID)
- Prenatal: genetic syndromes, inborn errors of metabolism, maternal drugs, alcohol, toxins
- Perinatal: neonatal encephalopathy
- Postnatal: hypoxic ischemic events, TBI, infections, demyelinating disorders, seizures, social deprivation, toxic metabolic syndromes, toxins (lead, mercury)
Pt with…
* Persistent difficulty with speech sound production that interferes with speech intelligibility
* Disturbance interferes with social participation, academic achievement, and/ or occupational performance
* Difficulties are NOT attributable to congenital or acquired conditions
Speech Sound Disorder
Pt with…
* Disturbances in normal fluency with one or more of the following
- Sound syllable repititions
- Sound prolongations of consonants as well as vowels
- Broken words
- Audible or silent blocking
- Circumlocutions
- Words produced with an excess of physical tension
- Monosyllabic whole-word repititions (“I-I-I-I see him”)
* Disturbance causes anxiety about speaking or limitations
Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)
Pt with…
* difficulties in the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication
* deficits result in functional limitations in effective communication and social participation
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
Pt with…
* Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction
* Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities as manifested by at least TWO of the following
- Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements or speech
- Insistence on sameness/inflexible to changes
- Highly restrictive, fixated interests
- Hyper or hyporeactivity to sensory input
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Genetic risk factors for autism?
tuberous sclerosis
fragile X syndrome
Pt with…
* Persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning (characterized by…)
- Inattention: at least 6 of the following sx last at least 6 months
- Hyperactivity and Impulsivity: at least 6 of the following sx for at least 6 months
* Several inattentive or hyperactive-impulsive sx were present prior to age 12
* Several inattentive or hyperactive-impulsive sx are present in two or more settings (home, work, school, friends, etc.)
ADHD
ADHD:
- M or F more likely to have predominantly inattentive presentation?
females
3 groups of treatments for ADHD?
- stimulants
- SNRIs
- alpha 2 agonists
Pt with…
* Multiple motor and one or more vocal tics
* Persist for more than 1 year
Tourette’s Disorder
Tourette’s:
- M or F?
- tics increase with…
- tics decrease with…
- altered _____ functioning
- M>F
- anxiety, excitement, exhaustion
- calm, focused activity
- dopaminergic
Tourette’s treatment (3)
- habit reversal training
- antipsychotics
- alpha 2 agonists
Autism spectrum disorder includes a diverse presentation population and treatment options include … (2)
- behavioral analysis
- 2nd generation antipsychotics
ADHD has three types and the best evidence treatment remains…
stimulant medication
Schizophrenia Criteria?
A) Two or more of the following…
TWO or more of the following:
- delusions
- hallucinations
- disorganized speech
- grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
- negative sx (diminished emotional expression)
Schizophrenia Criteria?
B) signs of disturbance persist for at least _______
C) ______ and _____ have been ruled out
- 6 months
- schizoaffective disorder and depressive or bipolar disorders
fixed false beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence
delusions
false perceptions, occur without an external stimulus (auditory most common in primary psychotic disorders)
hallucinations
examples of negative symptoms?
- aprosody
- apathy
- avolition (decreased self initiated purposeful activities)
- alogia (decreased speech and expression)
- anhedonia (loss of pleasure from positive stimuli)