High Yield Topics-Psychiatry Flashcards
Characterized by fear, anxiety, or avoidance of separation from major attachment figures; beyond the age-appropriate range; often a precursor to school refusal behavior (false physical complaints)
Separation anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety is, to some extent, developmentally appropriate for children between what age group
< 4 years
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for shizophrenia
> 6 months
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for shizophreniform
> 1 month but < 6 months
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for brief psychotic disorder; usually develops after stressful life-events.
< 1 month
The major difference b/w schizophrenia vs. schizoaffective disorder
In schizoaffective disorder, mood symptoms can be the majority of the illness as a prominent feature in addition to psychotic symptoms. In schizophrenia, mood symptoms are NOT the dominant feature.
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for schizoaffective disorder
> 2 weeks
A disorder with psychotic symptoms that appear exclusively during manic or depressive episodes
Mood disorder with psychotic features
A disorder with only delusion (false belief) without any other psychotic symptoms
Delusional disorder
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for Delusional disorder
> 1 month
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for major depressive disorder
at least 2 weeks
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
at least 2 years
Manic episodes with or without major depressive episodes
Bipolar I disorder
Hypomanic episodes + major depressive episodes
Bipolar II disorder
Persistent instability of mood involving numerous periods of depression and periods of hypomania
Cyclothymia
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for Bipolar I disorder
Manic episode lasting ≥ 1 week
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for Bipolar II disorder
Hypomanic episode lasting ≥ 4 consecutive days + Major depressive episode for at least 2 weeks
Time of duration needed to be diagnosed for Cyclothymia
≥ 2 years
distressing symptoms related to a specific traumatic event and lasting > 1 month following the event
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
distressing symptoms related to the traumatic event that last between 3 days to 1 month following the exposure
Acute stress disorder
a maladaptive emotional (anxiety) or behavioral (outburst) response to a stressor, symptoms lasting ≤ 6 months following resolution of the stressor;
Adjustment disorder
pronounced fear or anxiety of being in situations that are perceived as difficult to escape from
Agoraphobia
recurrent spontaneous and unexpected panic attacks that often occur without a known trigger
Panic disorder
Which generation of antipsychotics blocks only positive symptoms of schizophrenia by blocking dopamine receptors
First generation (typical)
