Intro to Behavioral Medicine

Question 1

What is behavioral medicine

Answer 1

Focuses on how people’s thoughts and behavior affect their health.

Question 2

what is psychosis

Answer 2

a person who is broken with reality. Someone who is hallucinating, or hearing voices

Question 3

Why do primary care providers under treat

Answer 3

Because they can’t recognize it or they have compartentalize psyche

Question 4

_____ is when patient projects feelings about other important persons onto physician

Answer 4

Transference. Usually a term used in traditional psychoanalysis. Patients project onto you

Question 5

when your the best thing they have ever had or the worst thing?

Answer 5

Borderline personality disorder

Question 6

countertransference is what?

Answer 6

Doctor projects feelings about other important persons onto patient

Question 7

_____ is a particular distinctive process in the body with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms

Answer 7

Disease

Question 8

What is a disorder?

Answer 8

Irregularity, disturbance, or interruption of normal functions.

Question 9

_____ is a number of symptoms occurring together and characterizing a specific disease.

Answer 9

Syndrome

Question 10

which axis is always the primary diagnosis?

Answer 10

axis 1 (depression, schizo, alcohol)

Question 11

what is axis 2?

Answer 11

only personality disorders and mental retardation

Question 12

what is axis 3

Answer 12

medical diagnosis. Such as

Question 13

describe axis 4

Answer 13

mind and body; looking at the big picture. Ex: pt is getting married, or getting promoted

Question 14

describe axis 5

Answer 14

Looking at global assessment functioning. 0-100. You wanna know where this patient falls.

Question 15

what is the pneumonic used for the 10 personality disorders

Answer 15

weird, wild, and worried

Question 16

what is considered to be a part of cluster A?

Answer 16

paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal

Question 17

what is considered to be a part of cluster B?

Answer 17

histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial borderline

Question 18

what is considered to be a part of cluster C?

Answer 18

OCD, Dependent, Avoidant

Question 19

what is trepanation

Answer 19

the oldest form of neurosurgery, involves the removal of a piece of bone from the skull, and has been performed since prehistoric times

Question 20

what does bedlam mean

Answer 20

state of confusion

Question 21

what is thorazine/chlorpromazine

Answer 21

an antipsychotic used for pts who wanted to get out of institution

Question 22

what are treatment options for people with mental illness?

Answer 22

1. psychosurgery
2. gamma knife radiosurgery
3. deep brain stimulation
4. vagal nerve stimulation
5. transcranial magnetic stimulation

Question 23

what is a treatment option for bipolar, dementia, autism and tinnitus?

Answer 23

TMS galore