High Yield: Psy 2 Flashcards
At what age does conduct disorder become antisocial personality disorder?
18
What’s the difference between conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder?
both has attitude problems
- conduct disorder: doesn’t care about rules or laws
- oppositional defiant disorder: rebelious, not break laws
What’s the difference between OCD and OCPD?
- OCD:
- egodystonic
- hates that they have it, have intrusive thoughts, bothers them
- OCPD:
- egosyntonic
- perfecitonnist and enjoys it, doesn’T bother
Describe tx: Alcohol Use Disorder (2)
- Naltrexone
- Acamprosate
If someone takes hallucinogens and is freaking out, what do you give?
benzos
Kid has a perioral rash, acting psychotic last hour, goes back to normal after awhile. What did he take?
inhalents
perioral rash = glue sniffer’s rash
psychotic sx goes mup and down very quickly
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What is contraindicated in patients with seizures and eating disorders?
Bupropion, bc it lowers seizure threshold
Name drugs used for nicotine addiction (2)
- Varenicline
- Bupropion
Name 3 most common rx that causes delirium
- benzo
- anticholinergic (ex: benadryl)
- TCA
What’s the 1st line tx for normal pressure hydrocephalus (2)
- lumbar puncture lowers CSF pressure
- definitive tx: ventricularperitionial shunt
Obese girl, BMI 35, age 25, takes isotretinoin orally, with headaches + papilledema, what’s the dx? (2)
- pseudotumor cerebri (associated with vitamine A, young female and obesity)
- want to do CT head first bc of papilledema
True or False
Antipsychotics increase mortality in patients with dementia
True
Name antipsychotics that you can give to elderly (2)
- Olanzapine
- Quetiapine
Name drugs for Alzheimer
Grandma Doesn’t Remember
- Grandma: Galantamine
- Doesn’t: Donepezil
- Remember: Rivastigmine
Name dx: Old man with personality changes and inappropriate behavior and memory loss (2)
Frontotemporal dementa or Picked disease
Describe: Huntington Disease (3)
- CAG repeats
- Autosomal dominant (patient’s parents one of them had it and died in 40s)
- Cognitive decline with chorea (uncontrolled mvts)
Describe tx: Huntington Disease (1)
Tetrabenazine
What’s diagnosis: startled myoclonus, rapid progression within months
- Prion disease (Creutzfeld Jacob Disease)
- On pathology: Spongiform cortex
- On EEG: Sharp wave triphasic complexes
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How do you tx absence seizure?
Ethosuximide