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What areas of the brain may contribute to violent behaviors?

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Prefrontal cortex

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Side effect of hypnotics(sleep medications)

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sedation, resp suppression

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Trazodone side effect

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Priapism

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Remeron/Mirtazipine side effect

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Hunger and Wt gain

so good for elderly with no appetite

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Sleep medications good for onset of sleep

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Trazadone, Lunesta, Ambien

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Sleep medications good for keeping people asleep

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Restoril, amitriptilyne

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Suicide risk factors in teens, adults, and geriatrics

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1.poor social support
2 MDD
3. alcohol, 
4.MALE, 
5. FAMILY MBR ATTEMPT, 
6. previous attempt, 
7.caucasian male
8.geriatric males tend to complete
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DSM5 for Sleep Disorder

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Doesn’t have a specific # of hours, poor quality of sleep 3x’s per week for 3 months

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DSM5 criteria for Neurocognitive Disorder

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Delirium and Dementia

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DSM5 criteria for Compulsive Disorder

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Best treatment is therapy

(ex: Hoarding dis

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Major difference between Delirium and Dementia

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Delirium= rapid onset, poor attention span

Dementia=slow progression of memory loss and putting things in weirds spots

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Preoccupation with flaws (#1 is facial flaws)

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What disorder does the pt count calories?

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Eating Disorder

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OCD most common compulsions?

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  1. Hand washing 2. Flipping lights on and off 3. Checking (no order)
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OCD most common compulsions?

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  1. Hand washing 2. Flipping lights on and off 3. Checking (no order)
    Treatment- Luvinox(?), Anafronil
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Reminiscence Therapy

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good for Dementia/Alz pts

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Psychodynamic therapy (primary focus?)

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Primary focus is to help revel unconcious content aka help people realize themselves

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CBT (focus dx tx?)

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Everything

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Interpersonal therapy (focus dx tx?)

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Bipolar Disorder (resolves interpersonal problems); limited to 12-16 sessions

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Exposure therapy (focus dx tx?)

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Fears

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Solution-focused therapy (focus dx tx?)

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SI

  • focus on finding solution not dwelling on the problem
  • Miracle questions (what if the problem went away?)
  • Short term therapy
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Motivational Interviewing (focus dx tx?)

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Substance Use Disorder

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What is EMDR

treatment for?

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

  • Treatment for anxiety and fear
  • uses the 3 senses (visual, auditory, and tactile)
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What is EMDR

treatment for?

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

  • Treatment for anxiety and fear
  • uses the 3 senses (visual, auditory, and tactile)
  • Developed by Shaipiro
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Suicide and BPD rates
elevated at 10%
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Suicide lethality?
the ability to commit suicide or cause death - Do they have means? - Plan? Do they have high suicide lethality?
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What are protective factors against suicide?
Religion, pets, **good access to mental health care** aka good alliance with therapist
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What is NREM?
Non Rapid Eye Movements
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What are some NREM arousal characteristics?
1. sleep walking 2.sleep terrors 3. sleep eating | - they are disoriented if you wake them up
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What part of the brain is related to circadian rhythm?
Suprachiarsmatic nucleus in hypothalamus
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What part of the brain is related to circadian rhythm?
Suprachiarsmatic nucleus in hypothalamus-regulates melatonin secretions
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Medications for nightmares?
Prazosin(Minipress)
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Cutting behaviors- why do them?
- To feel, ease their distress, feel disconnected | seen in Personality Disorder= BPD Borderline personality disorder
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Treatment for Compulsive disorders?
SSRIs- Esitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxe
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Treatment for Compulsive disorders?
SSRIs- Esitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine
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What are Cluster A Personality Disorders?
"odd eccentric-social akwardness and withdrawal" | Paranoid, Schizotypal(magical fairy people), Schizoid (withdrawn,reclusive,hermits)
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What are Cluster B Personality Disorders?
characterized by dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking Narcissist, Histrionic, Antisocial
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What are Cluster B Personality Disorders?
characterized by dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking Narcissist, Histrionic, Antisocial, Borderline
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What are Cluster C Personality Disorders?
called the anxious, fearful cluster | OCPD(Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder** different from OCD which is a separate dx. ), Dependent, Avoidant
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Treatment of Personality Disorders and Compulsive Disorders?
Medications help with symptoms, but not disorder. They need therapy
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What is the most common therapy for Personality and Compulsive Disorder
DBT (especially for BPD)
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What is the most common Personality Disorder?
Borderline
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What medication use for Suicidal thoughts?
Lithium(*) and Clozaril
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What do you do with Homicidal pt? (what type questions ask during 1st interview?)
Direct questions, address beliefs (similar to suicidal questions : Thought? Plan? How? Who?) - may have to contact person depending on state (Duty to warn) - have to inform them you will be calling the person
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Characteristics of Disorder? Schizotypal
Ideas of reference, odd
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Characteristics of Disorder? Schizoid
Apathy, detached, cold, isolated
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Characteristics of Disorder? Paranoid
out to get you
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Characteristics of Disorder? Narcissistic
they are the greatest, talk to you if your cool enough, Grandiose (if challenge them.. probally wont see them back in your office)
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Characteristics of Disorder? Borderline
Intense, Unstable, emptiness, Impulsive, suicide/self multilating , Dependent (one relationship to the other)
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Characteristics of Disorder? Antisocial
take advantage of other people and dont feel bad about it; above the law; no remorse; violent or aggressive
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Characteristics of Disorder? Histrionic
provacative, attention seeking, drama queens, center of attention,
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Characteristics of Disorder? Obsessive-compulsive
anxiety, perfectionist-rules, lists, rigid details- usually do not form social relationships d/t preoccupation
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Characteristics of Disorder? Dependent
low self esteem, clingy, submissive
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Characteristics of Disorder? Avoidant
afraid of what people think, hypersensitive to negative eval
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Suicide Intent
Desire to cause death
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Suicide Ideation
thought of death, severity depend on plans and degree of intent

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