Misc Review From Drive Flashcards
____ set out clear standards for integrated community services for individuals with severe, chronic psychiatric illness who had, to that point, been largely cared for in state hospitals; credited with sparking the move towards deinstitutionalization of patients with chronic, severe mental illness.
The 1999 Olmstead decision
The Trail Making Test is a good indicator of ___
executive functioning
The MMPI assesses ___
personality traits
The Benton Facial Recognition test assesses for ___
visuoperceptual problems
___ is assessed in the California Verbal Learning test
memory
According to Piaget, cause and effect thinking, logical thinking and think about thoughts, make deductions are elements of the ___ (11-16 years) where deductive reasoning can be used
formal operations stage
According to Piaget, the ___ (ages 2 to 7 years) is marked by immanent justice and magical thinking
preoperational stage
Alcohol withdrawal tremulousness (the shakes or the jitters) usually begins ___ after cessation of drinking
6 to 8 hours
Psychotic and perceptual symptoms begin ___ after cessation of drinking
8 to 12 hours
Withdrawal seizures usually occur between ___ after the last drink
12 and 24 hours
The onset of alcohol withdrawal delirium, if it is going to happen, will occur between ___ after the last drink
72 hours and 1 days
___ hallucinations occur when waking up from sleep
Hypnopompic
___ hallucinations occur when falling asleep
Hypnogogic
___ on polysomnography would be most consistent with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD)?
Loss of muscle atonia during REM sleep
The ___ is the most commonly-used, 4-item screening questionnaire for delirium
confusion assessment method (CAM)
Sleep change observed in normal 75 year old patient
Decreased Non-REM sleep
EEG findings (8-14 Hz) while awake
Alpha waves
EEG findings in stage 1 of sleep (N1)
Theta waves (4-7 Hz), slowing of alpha activity
EEG findings in stage 2 of sleep (N2)
Sleep spindles and K complexes on EEG (50%),dec temp RR, and BP
EEG findings in stage 3 of sleep (N3)
Delta waves
___ is a projective test assessing the person’s interpretation of illustrations of ambiguous interpersonal situations; sheds light on a person’s interpersonal function and can also identify psychotic processes in the case of idiosyncratic interpretations.
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
___ deficiency is the most common cause of pellagra. In addition to diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia, it may involve photosensitivity, glossitis, ataxia, and dilated cardiomyopathy
Vitamin B3, or niacin
___ deficiency can cause Wernicke encephalopathy, which involves truncal ataxia, confusion, and ophthalmoplegia, and Korsakoff syndrome (amnestic-confabulatory syndrome)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
___ deficiency can cause peripheral neuropathy, pellagra-like skin changes, anemia, depression, confusion, and seizures
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
___ deficiency can cause anemia and subacute combined degeneration, which involves peripheral motor weakness, paresthesias, and spasticity.
Vitamin B12
If TSH is low and you suspect hypothyroidism then ordering ___ could help with diagnosis of secondary hypothyroidism (due to disease of pituitary)
free T4
Anorexia nervosa complicated by purging may present with what electrolyte abnormalities?
hypochloremic alkalosis and with elevated serum bicarbonate levels; hyponatremia, hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia
Narcolepsy is characterized with significantly lower CSF levels of ___
hypocretin
Sleepwalking disorder, or somnambulism, usually occurs in the first third of the night in ___ and frequently progresses to leaving bed and walking about without full consciousness or later memory. It usually begins between 4 and 8 years of age, has peak prevalence at ___
deep NREM (stages III and IV) sleep; 12 years
MDD causes what effect on sleep?
reduced REM sleep latency, increased REM sleep activity and reduced slow wave sleep
Organophosphate pesticides are powerful acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Poisoning leads to excessive cholinergic activity and SLUDGE signs (salivation, lacrimation, urination, diaphoresis (or defecation), gastrointestinal motility, and emesis). ___ is an antidote.
Atropine, a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist
which competes with acetylcholine at the muscarinic receptors. The initial dose for adults is 2 to 5 mg IV or 0.05 mg/kg IV for children until reaching the adult dose.