Final: ICDs and sexual disorders Flashcards
Describe the Addiction cycle
- Preoccupation/anticipation
- Binge intoxication
- Withdrawal Negative Affect
Detail the impulse control disorder cycle
- tension/arousal
- Impulsive act
- Pleausre/relief
- Regret/guilt and self-reproach
DDx Intermittent explosive disorder (rage)
Ddx: ASPD, CD, dissociative disorder
*no psychotic sx
DSM IV cx Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Discrete episodes of aggressive behavior resulting in assaultive acts or destruction of property w/o cause
- Aggressiveness out of proportion to precipitating psychosocial stressors
- Behavior not accounted for by another mental disorder
Tx Intermittent Explosive disorder
Meds: anything acting like GABA
SSRI, Mood stabilizers (lithium, depakote), BZs (caution), anticonvulsants (good), antipsychotics
Behavior modification (desensitization)
Restraints may be necessary (in patient)
Background of Conduct disorder
> 7 yo (similar sx to ADHD)
Child and Adolescent onset types
Mild/moderate/severe categories
Risk factors: parental rejection or neglect, difficult infant temperament, harsh discipline, physical or sexual abuse, unstable family role models, familial psychopathology
One of the most common peds psych disorders (1-10%)
*want to dx early to prevent antisocial behavior
DSMIV criteria for Conduct Disorder
A) Major rights of other or societal norms are violated
Aggression to people and animals (bully, use weapon, cruel)
Behavior causes sig impairment in social, academic or occupational functioning
If >18yo, does not meet cx for ASPD
Tx of Conduct disorder
a) individual and group therapy
b) parental group therapy
c) Meds: ADHD drugs, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics
Background of Oppositional Defiant disorder and keep distinguishers bw ODD and CD (conduct disorder)
- Recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient and hostile behavior toward authority figures
- More common in disruptive households; can be a/w ADHD
- Preschool defiance is normal, but if sx increase, need to assess
- usually before 8yo, 2-16%, may lead into childhood CD but sx less severe than CD
CD dx takes precedence over ODD
Familial link to mood disorders (ODD, CD, ADHD, ASPD, substance abuse)
Tx: behavioral modification, family therapy
DSM IV criteria ODD
[A] Negativistic, hostile and defiant behavior >6 mth with 4+ of the following:
1) Often loses temper
2) Often argues with adults
3) Defies adults requests or rules
4) Deliberately annoys people
5) Blames others for their behavior
6) Easily annoyed
7) Often angry or resentful
8) often spiteful or vindictive
[B] Sig impairment in social, academic or occupational
[C] Not psychotic or mood disorder
[D] Criteria not met for CD and if they are >18 yo, criteria not met for ASPD
Etiology of Kleptomania
May be linked to OCD, can co-occur in mood and addictive disorders; rare occurrence; not shop lifting or ordinary theft
DSMIV criteria Kleptomania
A) Recurrent impulse to steal objects NOT needed for personal use or for their monetary value
B) Increase tension before the act of stealing
C) Pleasure, gratification or relief at the time of committing the theft
D) Stealing is not to express anger and is not in response to delusion or hallucination
E) Stealing NOT accounted for CD, mania or ASPD
Tx for Kleptomania
Behavioral modification
No clear indication for medications (look for psych co-morbidities0
DSMIV criteria for Pyromania
- Deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion
- Build up of tension before setting the fire
- Fascination, curiosity, interest in fire and its contents
- Pleasure, gratification or relief when setting fires or when witnessing or participating in the aftermath
- Fire setting not done for monetary gain
- Not accounted for by CD, mania or ASPD
Tx of Pyromania
- Psychotherapy (determine primary cause)
- No clear need for meds (trial SSRI, mood stabilizer, anxiolytics)
*so rare that hard to know best meds
Co-morbidities and related disorders with Pathological Gambling
Stress related physiological comorbidities
Increased rates of mood d/o, ADHD, Substance abuse, other ICDs and Cluster B personality d/o
DSM IV dx pathological gambling
A) Persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior as indicated by FIVE+ of the ten
- Preoccupation with gambling (planning, reliving winnings)
- Desired excitement achieved w/ increased amt of money gambled
- Unable to stop or cutback
- Restless or irritable when trying to cut down
- May serve to escape problems or relieve dysphoric mood
- After losing money comes back to gamble to get even: chasing losses
- Lies to family, therapists and other
- Commits illegal acts – forgery, fraud, theft and embezzlement
- Has jeopardized relationships, employment or career
- Relies on others to provide money to relieve desperate financial situation
b) behavior not better accounted for by manic episode
Tx of pathological gambling
Psychotherapy: moderate benefit
Behavioral modification, CBT to address erroneous beliefs, role of chance
Group support
Gamblers anonymous (12 step)
Group therapy
Medication: mild to moderate benefit
- tx OCD, anxiety or mood disorder sx (SSRI, anxioloytics, mood stabilizers)
- some promise with opiate antagonists (NALTREXONE)