MTB 3 - Psychiatry (jenna created) Flashcards
Which receptor is associated with negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Muscarinic
Dx requirement for schizophrenia
2/5.
1 must be hallucination, delusions, or disorganized SPEECH
Reasons to hospitalize schiphrenia patients
Bizzare, paranoid, suicidal
Rx duration after 1st episode of schizophrenia
6 months
Other uses of antipsychotics
Sedation (with or instead of benzos if there is c/i)
Movement disorders (huntingtons, tourettes ticks)
AE of thioidazine (melleril)
Prolonged QT and arrythmias
Abnormal retinal pigmentation
Fluphenazine (Prolixin) (what category drug)
High dose typical antipsychotic
Haldol (what category drug)
High dose typical antipsychotic
Perphenazine (Trilafon) (what category drug)
High dose typical antipsychotic
Thioidazine (Melleril) (what category drug)
Low dose typical antipsychotic
Class of antipsychotic with worst anti-cholinergic, andti-alpha and anti-histamine effects
Low dose typical antipsychotic
AE clozapine (clozaril)
Agranulocytosis
Seizures
Myocarditis
atypical worst for weight gain
olanzapine (zyprexa)
Atypical worst for galactorrhea
risperidone
Atypical worst for EPS
risperidone
Atypical worst for sedation
Quietapine (seroquel)
Atypical with no hyperprolactinemia
aripiprazole (abilify)
Atypical worst for QT prolongation
Ziprasidone (Geodon)
Anticholinergics to treat EPS
Benztropine (Cogentin)
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
Trihexyphenidyl (Artane)
Rx Acute dystonia
Anticholinergics
Rx bradykinesia (parkinsonism)
Anticholinergics
Rx akathesia
Benzos or propanolol
NMS symptoms (6)
Fever/sweating
Unstable vitals
Altered LOC
Rigidity
Increased CK (rhabdo, ARF)
Increased WBCs
Rx NMS
Dantroline
Amantadine
Bromocriptine
Rx adjustment disorder
COuNSELING (it is normal)
Which has a precipitating event, panic disorders or phobic disorders?
Panic
Rx GAD
Citalopram (Celexa, SSRI)
Venlafaxine (Effexor - SNRI)
Buspirone (Buspar)
Benzos
AE stopping benzos quickly
seizures
Rx OCD
SSRI
Clomipramine (Anafranil - TCA)
Xanax
Alprazolam
Ativan
Lorazepam
Valium
Diazepam
Buspirone Benefits (3)
No sedation
No cognitive impairment
Non-addicting
Buspirone mechanism
Partial agonist @ 5HT1A
Acute stress disorder dx
Traumatic event
symptoms start within 1 month of event
Symptoms gone within 1 month of onset
Timeline of MDE
2 weeks
Iatrogenic causes of depression (4)
Beta blockers
Antipsychotics
Corticosteroids
Reserpine (anti-HTN, anti-aggitation)
Hospitalizatoin criteria for MDD
SI/HI
Paranoia
When to use ECT
Acute suicidality
Pregnancy (don’t want AE of meds)
Medications not working
ECT useful in past
1st and 2nd line for dysthymic disorder
1) psychotherapy (insight-oriented)
2) SSRIs
Rx for narcolepsy
Modafenil (provigil)
Amphetamines
Armodafenil (NuVigil)
Sodium oxybate (for cataplexy)
Neuroimaging changes in autism
Increased total brain volume