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What was Dissociative indentity disorder formally known as??

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Multiple personality disorder

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What is Dissociative identity disorder?

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Presence of 2 or more distinct identities or personality states

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Who is Dissociative identity disorder MC in?

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Women

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What is Dissociative identity disorder assoc w/?

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History of sexual abuse

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What is Depersonalization disorder?

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Persistent feelings of detachemtn or estrangement from one’s own body, a social situation or the environment

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What is Dissociative fugue?

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Abrupt change in geographic locations w/ inability to recall the past, confusions about personal identity or assumption of new identity

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What are Dissociative fugue assoc w/?

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Traumatic circumstances (natural disasters, wartime, trauma0

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What does Dissociative fugue lead to?

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Significant distress or impairment

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What is Dissociative fugue NOT the result of?

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Substance abuse or general medical cond

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What is Mood disorder characterized by?

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ABN range of moods or internal emotional states & loss of control over them

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What does the severity of Mood disorders cause?

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Distress & impairment in social & occupational functioning

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What does Mood disorders include?

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  • Major depressive disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Dysthymic disorder
  • Cyclothymic disorder
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What may be present in Mood disorders?

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Psychotic features (delusions or hallucinations)

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What is a Manic episode?

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Distinct period of ABN & persistenly elevated, expansive or irritable mood & ABN & persistently inc activity or energy lasting at least 1 week

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At least 3 of the following must be present to dx a manic episode

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  • Distractibility
  • Irresponsibility
  • Grandiosity
  • Flight of ideas
  • Inc in goal-directed activity/sphycomotor Agitation
  • Talkativeness or pressured speech
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What is a Hypomanic episode?

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Like manic episode except mood disturbance is not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social &/or occupational functioning or to necessitate hospitilization. No psychotic features

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What is Bipolar disorder defined by?

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Presence of at least 1 manic (bipolar I) or hypomanic (bipolar II) episode

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What sx evetually occur in Bipolar disorder?

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Depressive sx

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Between bipolar episodes pt’s ___ & ___ usually return to normal.

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Mood & functioning

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Use of ____ can lead to inc mania.

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Antidepressants

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What do Bipolar pts have an inc risk of?

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Suicide

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What is the tx for Bipolar disorder?

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  • Mood stabilizers
  • Atypical antipsychotics
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What is Cyclothymic disorder?

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Dysthymia & hypomania; milder form of bipolar disorder lasting at least 2 years

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What is major depressive disorder?

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Self-limited disorder, w/ major depressive episodes usually lasting 6-12 months

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Episodes of major depressive disorder are characterized by at least 5 of the following sx for 2 or more weeks:

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  • Sleep disturbance
  • Loss of Interest
  • Guilt or feelings of worthlessness
  • Loss of Energy
  • Loss of Consciousness
  • Appetite/wt changes
  • Psychomotor retardation or agitation
  • Suicidal ideations
  • Depressed mood
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What is Dysthymia?

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Milder form of depression lasting at least 2 years

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What is Seasonal affective disorder?

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Sx assoc w/ winter season; improves in response to full-specturm bright-light exposure

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What is Atypical depression?

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Differs from classical forms of depression

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What is Atypical depression characterized by?

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  • Mood reactivity
  • “Reversed” vegetative sx
  • Leaden paralysis
  • Long-standing interpersonal rejection sensitivity
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What is mood reactivity?

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Being able to experience improved mood in response to postive events

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What are “reversed” vegetative sx?

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Hypersomnia & wt gain

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What is leaden paralysis?

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Heaving feeling in arms & legs

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What is the MC subtype of depression?

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Atypical depression

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What is the tx of Atypical depression?

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MAO inhibitors & SSRIs

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What is the incidence rate of Maternal (postpartum) “blues”?

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50-85%

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What is Maternal “blues” characterized by?

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Depressed affect, tearfulness & fatigue starting 2-3 days after delivery

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How long does Maternal “blues” last?

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Usually resolves w/in 10-14 days

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What is the tx for Maternal blues?

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Supportive & follow up for postpartum depression

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What is the incidence rate of postpartum depression?

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10-15%

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What is postpartum depression characterized by?

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Depressed affect, anxiety & poor concentration stating w/in 4 weeks of delivery

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How long does postpartum depression last?

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2 weeks to a year or more

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What is the tx for postpartum depression?

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Antidepressants & psychotherapy

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What is the incidence of postpartum psychosis?

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What are the characteristics of Postpartum psychosis?

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  • Delusions
  • Hallucinations
  • Confusion
  • Unusual behavior
  • Possible homicidal/suicidal ideations or attempts
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How long does Postpartum psychosis last?

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Days to 4-6 weeks

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What is the tx for Postpartum psychosis?

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  • Antipsychotics
  • Antidepressants
  • Possible inpatient hospitalization
47
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What is Electroconvulsive therapy?

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Tx option for major depressive disorder refractory to other tx & for pregnant women w/ major depressive disorder

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What is Electoconvulsive therapy also considered for sue in?

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  • Immediat response necessary (suicide)
  • Depression w/ pschotic features
  • Catatonia
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What does Electroconvulsive therapy produce?

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Painless seizures in an anesthetized pt

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What are the major adverse effects of Electroconvulsive therapy?

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Disorentation & temporary anterograde/retrograde amnesia usually fully resolving in 6 months

51
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What are the RF for suicide completion (SAD PERSONS)?

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  • Sex (male)
  • Age (teenager or elderly)
  • Depression
  • Preveious attempt
  • Ethanol or drug use
  • Loss of Rational thinking
  • Sickness (medical illness or >3 Rx)
  • Organized plan
  • No spouse
  • Social support lacking
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Who tries to commit suicide more often?

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Who is succeeds more often in commiting suicide?

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What is anxiety disorder?

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Inappropriate experience of fear/worry & its physical manifestations when the source of the fear/worry is eitehr not real or insufficent to acount for the severity of sx

55
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Anxiety disorder sx interfere w/ ____ ____.

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Daily functioning

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What is the lifetime prevelance of anxiety disorder?

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30% in women & 19% in men

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What does anxiety disorder include?

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  • Panic disorder
  • Phobias
  • OCD
  • PTSD
  • Generalized anxiety disorder
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Panic disorder is defined by recurrent episodes of intense fear & discomfort peaking in 10 min w/ at least 4 of the following:

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  • Palpitations
  • Parasthesias
  • Abd distress
  • Nausea
  • Intense fear of dying or losing control
  • Light-headedness
  • Chest pain
  • Chills
  • Choking
  • Disconnections
  • Sweating
  • Shaking
  • SOB
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What is the cause of Panic disorder?

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Strong genetic component

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What is the tx for Panic disorder?

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  • Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
  • SSRIs
  • Venlafaxine
  • Benzodiazepines
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What is Panic disorder assoc w/?

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Persistent fear of having another attack

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What are the sx of Panic disorder?

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Systemic manifestations of fear

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What is Sepcific phobia?

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Fear that is excessive or unreasonable & interferes w/ normal function. Person realizes fear is excessive

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What is specific phobia caused by?

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Presence or anticipation of specific object or situation

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How is specific phobia tx?

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Systemic desensitization

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What is Social phobia (social anxiety disorder)?

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Exaggerated fear of embarrassment in social situation

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What is the tx for Social phobia?

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What is Obsessive-compulsive disorder?

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Recurring intrusive throughts, feelings or sensations that cause severe distress

69
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How is OCD relieved?

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By performance of repetitive actions (compulsions)

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What is Ego dystonic?

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Behavior inconsistent w/ one’s own beliefs & attitudes

71
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What is OCD assoc w/?

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Tourette’s disorder

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What is the tx for OCD?

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SSRIs & clomipramine

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What is Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

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Persistent reexperiencing of a previous traumatic event

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What may be involved w/ PTSD?

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  • Nightmares or flashbacks
  • Intense fear
  • Hopelessness
  • Horror
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What does PTSD lead to?

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Avoidance of stimuli assoc w/ the trauma persistently inc arousal

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What is the duration of PTSD?

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Disturbance lasts >1 mo w/ onset of sx begining anytime after event & causes significant distress &/or impaired functioning

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What is the tx of PTSD?

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Psychotherapy & SSRIs

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What is the duration of Acute stress disorder?

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Lasts b/w 2 days & 1 month

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What is Generalized anxiety disorder?

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Pattern of uncontrollable anxiety for at least 6 mo that is unrelated to a specific person, situation or event

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What is Generalized anxiety disorder assoc w/?

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  • Sleep disturbance
  • Fatigue
  • GI disturbance
  • Difficulty concentrating
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What is the tx for generalized anxiety disorder?

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SSRIs & SNRIs

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What is Adjustment disorder?

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Emotional sx causing impairment following an indentifiable psychosocial stressor & lasting <6mo

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What is Malingering?

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Pt consciously fakes or claims to have a disorder in order to attain a specific 2° gain

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What do pt w/ Malingering have poor compliance w/?

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Tx or follow-up of dx tests

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When do complaints cease in malingering?

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Cease after gain

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What is Factitious disorder?

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Pt consciously creates physical &/or psychological sx in order to assume “sick role” & to get medical attention

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What is Muchausen’s synd?

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Chronic factitious disorder w/ predominatly physcial signs & sx

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What is Muchausen’s synd characterized by?

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Hx of multiple hospital admissions & willingness to receive invasive procedures

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What is Munchausen’s synd by proxy?

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When illness in a child or elderly pt is cause by the caregiver. Form of child/elder abuse

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What are Somatoform disorders?

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Category of disorders characterized by physical sx w/ no indentifiable physical cause

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What are unconscious drives of Somatoform disorders?

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Illness production & motivation

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What is Somatization disorder?

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Variety of complaints in multiple organ systems over a period of years developing before age 30 years

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What is Conversion?

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Sudden loss of sensory or motor function often following an acute stressor; pt is aware of but sometimes indiff toward sx

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Who is conversion MC in?

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  • Females
  • Adolescents
  • Young adults
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What is Hypochondriasis?

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Preoccupation w/ & fear of having a serious illness despite medical evaluation & reassurance

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What is Body dysmorphic disorder?

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Preoccupation w/ minor or imagined defect in appearance, l/t significant emotional distress or impaired function

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What do pts w/ body dysmophic disorder seek?

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Repeated cosmetic surgery

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What is Pain disorder?

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Prolonged pain w/ no physical findings

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What is the predominant focus of clinical presentation of pain disorder?

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Psychological factors play an important role in Pain disorder:

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Severity, exacerbation or maintenance of the pain

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