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
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
How do you tx absence seizure?
Ethosuximide