Mental Health Flashcards
Non - reversible deterioration of cognition and behavior
Dementia
often reversible acute confusion that may fluctuate
delirium
Mania and Melancholia mood swings TX: lithium, drug stabilizers, and mood charting
Bipolar disease
hypomanic and mild depressive episodes
Cyclothymic
2 weeks of 4 of the follows: loss of appetite, insomnia, agitation, worthlessness, suicidal, poor concentration
Unipolar disease (AKA depression, hopelessness)
at least 3 of the depression symptoms for at least 2 years
dysthymic
altered reality, episodic,
Schizophrenia
5 types of Schizophrenia
disorganized (mood shifts), catatonic (masked facies), paranoid (delusions of persecution), Schizophreniform (family induced, contradictory messages), Paraphrenia (geriatrics)
multiple personalities
dissociative
feel superior, lack of remorse, shallow emotions, pathological liar
sociopath/antisocial
Physical complaint with no organic pathology, entirely unconscious process (exaggerated view point)
Somatoform disorders
constant excessive feast, hypervigilant (twitching, sweating, dry mouth, headache, stomach ache, urinary frequency)
general anxiety disorder (GAD)
types of Phobias
Social (Provoked by people and performance issues)
Specific (provoked by object or situation)
in OCD which is the thought and which is the deed
Obsessive is the thought, compulsive is the deed
fear and anxiety following a traumatic event
PTSD
