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1
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What areas of the brain may contribute to violent behaviors?

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Prefrontal cortex

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2
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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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8
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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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13
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What disorder does the pt count calories?

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Eating Disorder

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14
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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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16
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Reminiscence Therapy

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good for Dementia/Alz pts

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17
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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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18
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CBT (focus dx tx?)

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Everything

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19
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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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21
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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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23
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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
25
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Suicide and BPD rates

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elevated at 10%

26
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Suicide lethality?

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the ability to commit suicide or cause death

  • Do they have means?
  • Plan? Do they have high suicide lethality?
27
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What are protective factors against suicide?

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Religion, pets, good access to mental health care aka good alliance with therapist

28
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What is NREM?

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Non Rapid Eye Movements

29
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What are some NREM arousal characteristics?

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  1. sleep walking 2.sleep terrors 3. sleep eating

- they are disoriented if you wake them up

30
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What part of the brain is related to circadian rhythm?

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Suprachiarsmatic nucleus in hypothalamus

31
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What part of the brain is related to circadian rhythm?

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Suprachiarsmatic nucleus in hypothalamus-regulates melatonin secretions

32
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Medications for nightmares?

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Prazosin(Minipress)

33
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Cutting behaviors- why do them?

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  • To feel, ease their distress, feel disconnected

seen in Personality Disorder= BPD Borderline personality disorder

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Treatment for Compulsive disorders?

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SSRIs- Esitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxe

35
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Treatment for Compulsive disorders?

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SSRIs- Esitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine

36
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What are Cluster A Personality Disorders?

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“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?

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characterized by dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking
Narcissist, Histrionic, Antisocial

38
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What are Cluster B Personality Disorders?

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characterized by dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking
Narcissist, Histrionic, Antisocial, Borderline

39
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What are Cluster C Personality Disorders?

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called the anxious, fearful cluster

OCPD(Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder** different from OCD which is a separate dx. ), Dependent, Avoidant

40
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Treatment of Personality Disorders and Compulsive Disorders?

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Medications help with symptoms, but not disorder. They need therapy

41
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What is the most common therapy for Personality and Compulsive Disorder

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DBT (especially for BPD)

42
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What is the most common Personality Disorder?

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Borderline

43
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What medication use for Suicidal thoughts?

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Lithium(*) and Clozaril

44
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What do you do with Homicidal pt? (what type questions ask during 1st interview?)

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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
45
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Characteristics of Disorder? Schizotypal

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Ideas of reference, odd

46
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Characteristics of Disorder? Schizoid

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Apathy, detached, cold, isolated

47
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Characteristics of Disorder? Paranoid

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out to get you

48
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Characteristics of Disorder? Narcissistic

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they are the greatest, talk to you if your cool enough, Grandiose (if challenge them.. probally wont see them back in your office)

49
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Characteristics of Disorder? Borderline

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Intense, Unstable, emptiness, Impulsive, suicide/self multilating , Dependent (one relationship to the other)

50
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Characteristics of Disorder? Antisocial

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take advantage of other people and dont feel bad about it; above the law; no remorse; violent or aggressive

51
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Characteristics of Disorder? Histrionic

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provacative, attention seeking, drama queens, center of attention,

52
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Characteristics of Disorder? Obsessive-compulsive

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anxiety, perfectionist-rules, lists, rigid details- usually do not form social relationships d/t preoccupation

53
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Characteristics of Disorder? Dependent

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low self esteem, clingy, submissive

54
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Characteristics of Disorder? Avoidant

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afraid of what people think, hypersensitive to negative eval

55
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Suicide Intent

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Desire to cause death

56
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Suicide Ideation

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thought of death, severity depend on plans and degree of intent

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