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How is mejor depression diagnosed?

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Need 5 " SIG E CAPS" >2 weeks
- Sleep disturbances: wake in am
- loss of Interest (anhedonia) 
- Guilt
- Energy loss
- Concentration loss
- Appetite loss
- Psychomotor agitation
- Suicide: hopelessness
Usually lasting 6-12 month
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What is Autism?

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Repetitive behavior
Lac of verbal skills and social interaction
Great focus on objects than on people
Below-normal intelligence

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What is Asperger’s?

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Milder form of autism
Good communication 
Impaired relationships
No mental retardation
Normal intelligence
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What is Rett’s?

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Only in girls
Regression 
Decrease head growth
Lose motor skills
Normal until 5month ( symptoms apparent around 1-4 y/o)
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What is childhood disintegrative disorder?

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Kids stop walking/ talking after 2 years of apparently normal development
Onset 3-4 years
More common in boys

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What is the selective mutism?

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Kids talk some time

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What is Separation Anxiety Disorder?

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Kids scream when Mom leaves

Common onset at 7-9 years

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What is Conduct Disorder?

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Before age 18
Aggressive 
Disregard for rule
No sense of guilt
Harm animals
Illegal activity " bite"
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What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

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Defiant toward authority figures.

Noncompliant

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What is Attention Deficit Heyperactivity Disorder?

Tx?

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Onset before age 12
Normal intelligence
Overactivity
Difficulty in school
A/w decrease frontal lobe vol/ metabolism.
Tx : Methylphenidate, dextroamphethamine, atomoxetine

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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 cyclothymia?

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Dysthymia w/ hypomania

Milder form of Bipolar disorder lasting at least 2 years

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What is Bipolar I?

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> 1 manic episode with or without Psychotic features

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What is Bipolar II?

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Hypomanic episode + MDD

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What is Neologism?

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New word

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What is delusion?

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False belief

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What is illusion?

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Misinterprets stimulus

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What is Cataplexy?

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Los of all muscle tone following strong emotional stimulus

* A/w Narcolepsy

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What is paranoid personality disorder?

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Suspicious about everything, use projection

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What is Schizotypal personality disorder?

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” Magical thinking”

Bizarre behavior

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What is schizoid personality disorder?

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“Recluse”
Don’t want to fit in
Distant

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What is Antisocial personality disorder?

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>18 year
Lie
Steal
Cheat
Destroy property 
Impulsive w/o remorse
Illegally activity
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What is Histrionic personality disorder?

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Theatrical

Sexually provocative, Attention seeking, concern with appearance.

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What is Borderline personality disorder?

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Unstable mood and interpersonal relationships.
Self-mutilation, impulsivity , sense of emptiness
Splitting (love/hate) mechanisms of defense

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What is Narcissistic personality disorder?

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Grandiosity

No empathy

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What is Dependant personality disorder?

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Clingy
Submissive
Low self confidence
Regression

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What is Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder?

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Perfectionist
Doesn’t show feeling
Detail-oriented
Uses isolation

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What is Avoidant personality disorder?

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Socially withdraw

Afraid of rejection but wants to fit in

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What is Kleptomania?

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Steal for the fun of it

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What is Pyromania?

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Starts fires

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What is Trichotillomania?

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Pull out their hair

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What is Lewy body dementia?

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Stiff, visual hallucinations

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What is Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus?

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TrIAD = Incontinence, Ataxia “ magnetic gait”, Dementia

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What is Korsakoff psychosis?

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Alcoholic Thiamine deficiency

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What is vascular “ multi-infarct” dementia?

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Sudden unset
Uneven progression of deficit
“ stair-step” decline

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What is Huntington’s?

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In caudate/putamen
Triplet repeat disorder
Choreiform movement

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What is Creutzfeldt-Jacob?

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Prion included
Die within 1 year
Post cornea transplant

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What is Pick’s disease?

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Frontal lobe atrophy

Disinhibition

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What is Alzheimer’s ?

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Decrease ACh in nucleus basales of Meynert
Bad ApoE
Amyloid plaques
Tangles bodies

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What is Parkinson’s?

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In substantial nigra
Bradykinesia
Pill-rolling tremor
Shuffling gait
Lewy bodies
Decrease dopamine 
Increase serotonin and ACh
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What is Somatization?

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Think they have a different illness all the time (at least 4 organ system)

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What is Hypochondriasis?

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Think they have the same illness all the time

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What is Body Dismorphic disorder?

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Imagined physical defect

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What is pain disorder?

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Prolonged pain not explained by physical causes

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What is Malingering?

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*Secondary gain
Fake illness for monetary gain
Avoids medical treatment

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What is Factitious?

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*Sick role
Fake illness to get attention
Seeks medical treatment

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What is Munchausen syndrome by proxy?

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Need to be the caregiver

Mom fakes child’s illness to get attention

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What is Amnesia?

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Can’t recall important facts

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What is Dossociative fugue?

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Travel to new places with inability to recall the past

Usually due to trauma

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What is Multiple Personality disorder?

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Is a Dissociative identity disorder
Have 5-10 alters
Usually associated w/ incest

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What is Depersonalization disorder?

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“Out of body” experiences

Deja vu

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What is Sublimation?

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Replace an unacceptable wish with an action that is similar to the wish but doesn’t conflict with once values.

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What is Displacement?

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Transferring avoided feeling or ideas to a person or object.

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What is Transference?

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Patient views doctor as parent

* patient projects feeling onto physician

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What is Acting out?

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Unacceptable feelings and thoughts are expressed through actions
Ex: “Tantrums”

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What is Regression?

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  • Immature behavior

- go back to previous stages

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What is Rationalization?

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“Justifying behavior to avoid difficult truth “

  • logical reasons
  • Make excuses for all situation to avoid self-blame
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What is Intellectualization?

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Act like a “know-it-all” to avoid feeling emotion

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What is Isolation of Affect?

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Is an immature defenses of the Ego

Isolate feeling to keep on functioning

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What is Suppression?

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Choosing to block memory

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What is Repression?

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Involuntarily block of memory

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What is reaction formation?

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Replace a bad idea or feeling by focusing on the opposite.

-Unconsciously act opposite to how you feel ( tears of a clown)

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What is Sadism?

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Gives pain

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What is Masochism?

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Receives pain

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What is Exhibitionism?

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Exposure to other

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What is Voyeurism?

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Watching other people without their permission

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What is Frotteurism?

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Rub penis against fully clothed women

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What is Transsexual?

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Gender identity crisis “ man trapped in a woman’s body”

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What is Fetish?

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Objects (vibrators, dildos, shoes)

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What is Pedophile?

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Children ( watching child pornography)

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What is Necrophile?

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Corpses

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What is a Beastophile?

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Animals

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Can you die during EtOH withdrawal?

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Yes

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Can you die during Opiod withdrawal?

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No; just very painful

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What is Dissociation?

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  • drastic change in personality, memory, consciousness or motor behavior to avoid emotional stress
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What is Denial?

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  • avoidance of awareness of some painful reality
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What is Fixation?

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  • remaining at a more childish level of development
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What is projection?

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an unacceptable internal impulse is attributed to an external source

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What is Splitting?

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  • belief that people are either all good or all bad

- commonly seen in Borderline personality disorder

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What is Altruism?

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  • compensation

- alleviated the gilt with an unsolicited generosity toward others

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Which are the childhood and early-onset disorder?

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ADHD
Conduct disorder 
Oppositional defiant disorder 
Tourette's syndrome 
Separation anxiety disorder
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What is Tourette’s syndrome?

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Onset before age 18
Tics that persist for > 1 year
A/w OCD and ADHD
Treatment:
- fluphenazine
- pimozide
- tetrabenazine
- clonidine
- haloperidol
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Types of amnesias?

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  • Retrograde: before the event
  • Anterograde: after the event ( new memory)
  • Korsakoff’s : anterograde, caused by thiamine defi., destruction of mammillary bodies, associated with confabulation
  • Dissociative: inhability to recall personal information after trauma or stress
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What is a Psychotic disorder?

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Distorted perception of reality

Characterized bay delusion, hallucination and/or disorganized thinking

84
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Which are the sings of psychosis?

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Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganized speech

85
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What is Schizophrenia?

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Mental disorder with periods of psychosis
Impaired functioning 
Symptom last > 6 month
Increase dopamine 
Have positive and negative symptoms
86
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Brief psychotic disorder ?

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< 1 month, stress related

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What is Schizophreniform disorder ?

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Same as schizophrenia but the time is different 1-6 month

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What is Schizoaffective disorder?

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Needs to present at least 2 weeks of psychotic symptoms with a stable mood and an episode of major depression, manic or mixed

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What is a Delusional disorder?

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Fixed, persitent, nonbizarre belief system lasting > 1 month
Functioning is not impaired

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What is an Hypomanic episode?

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Like a Manic episode, except mood disturbance is not severe enough to cause impairment

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What is Atypical depression?

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Subtype of depression that is characterized by:

  • Hyperphagia
  • Hypersomnia
  • Mood reactivity
  • Rejection hypersensitivity
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What is Post-traumatic stress disorder?

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Disturbance last > 1 month

My involve nightmares or flashback

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What is Acute-stress disorder?

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Disturbance present between 2 days and 1 month

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What is Generalized anxiety disorder?

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Pattern of uncontrollable anxiety for at least 6 month

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What is Conversion?

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Sudden loss of sensory or motor Function, following an acute stressor

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Time corse of schizophrenia?

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< 1 month : brief psychotic disorder
1-6 month: Schizophreniform
> 6 month : schizophrenia

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What is anorexia nervosa?

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Excessive dieting
Intense fear of gainin weight
Body image distortion
Amenorrhea 
Increase exercise
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What is Bulimia nervosa?

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Binge eating
Self induce vomiting or use of laxatives, diuretics or emetics
Associated with: parotitis, enamel erosion, electrolyte disturbance, alkalosis
Treated with: Fluoxetine

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Which are the Depressants drugs?

A
  • Alcohol
  • Opioids ( morphine, heroine, methadone)
  • Barbiturates
  • Benzodiazepines
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Which are the Stimulants drugs?

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Amphetamines
Cocaine
Caffeine
Nicotine

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Which are the Hallucinogens drugs?

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PCP
LSD
Marijuana

102
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How are classify the Antipsychotics?

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Typical ( traditional neuroleptics)
- low potency 
- high potency
* block Dopamine D2 receptor { increase cAMP}
Atypicals
103
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Which are the low potency Antipsychotics?

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Chlorpromazine

Thioridazine

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Which are the High potency Antipsychotics?

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Haloperidol
Fluphenazine 
Loxapine
Thiothixene
Trifluoperazine
105
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Which are the Atypicals Antipsychotics?

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Olanzapine
Quetiapine
Risperidona 
Aripiprazole
Clozapine ( causes agranulositosis)
106
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Buspirone?

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Stimulates 5-HT1A receptors

Use for Generalized anxiety disorder

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Which are the types of Antidepresants?

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SSRIs: inhibits re-uptake of Serotonin
SNRIs: inhibits re-uptake of Norepinephrine and Serotonin
TCA: inhibits re-uptake of Norepinephrine and Serotonin
MAOI: inhibits enzyme that metabolize and inactivates Norepinephrine

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Which are the SSRIs?

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Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Sertraline
Citalopram

109
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Which are the SNRIs?

A

Venlafaxine

Duloxetine

110
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Which are the TCA?

A 
Amitriptyline
Nortriptyline
Imipramine 
Desipramine
Clomipramine
Doxepin
Amoxapine
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Which are the MAO?

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Tranycypromine
Phenelzine
Isocarboxazid
Selegiline

112
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Which are the Atypical Antidepressants?

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Buspiron
Mirtazapine:
Maprotiline:
Trazodone:

113
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Lithium is use for?

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Mood stabilizer for Bipolar disorder

Blocks relapse and acute manic event

114
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What is akathisia?

A

restlessness

inability to sit still

115
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Which are the diagnostic criteria for a Manic episode?

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"DIG FAST"
Disutractibility
Irresponsibility 
Grandiosity
Flight of ideas
Increase Activity/ Agitation
Sleep
Talkativeness
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What is a Manic episode?

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Period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood
Lasting at least 1 week

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Generalized anxiety disorder?

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Chronic multiple worries, anxiety, tension.

118
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Mention the Key clinical features for acute drug intoxication?

  1. PCP
  2. LSD
  3. Cocaine
  4. Methanphetamine
  5. Marijuana (Canabis)
  6. Heroine
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  1. Nystagmus, violent behavior
  2. Visual hallucinations
  3. CP, seizures, Mydriadis ( dilated pupil )
  4. Choreiform movement, tooth decay
  5. Conjunctival injection ( red eyes), increase appetite
  6. Depressed mental status, Miosis ( constricted pupil), respiratory depression
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What is adjustment disorder?

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Involves emotional or behavioral symptoms developing within 3 months of an indentifiable stressor.

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Which are the 2 types of Breath-holding spell?

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  • They are benign
  • Characterized by brief period of apnea and skin color change
  • Common in children age 6mo - 2y
    1. Cyanotic type:
    -crying & BH follow by apnea and loss of consciousness.
    -brief with rapid return to baseline.
    2. Pallid type:
    -trigger by minor trauma
    -fleeting loss of consciousness follow by BH, pallor & diaforesis
    -less than 1 min with subsequent confusion and sleepiness for a
    few min
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Nightmare disorder vs. Sleep terror disorder?

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  • Nightmare: recurrent awakening from REM sleep, full alertness, dream recall, can be consoled.
  • Terror: non-REM arousal, incomplete awakening, cannot recall dream, unresponsiveness to confort
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Delayed vs. Advanced sleep phase syndrome?

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*circadian rhythm disorder characterized by the inability of:

  • Delayed: fall asleep at normal bedtime ( results in sleep-onset insomnia & daytime sleepiness)
  • Advanced:stay awake in the evening, past 7 ( result in social functioning & early morning insomnia)
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Catatonia

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A syndrome seen in severe psychiatric &a medical illness.

  • Characterized by: immobility, mutism and posturing.
  • A Lorazepam challenge test can confirm the Dx
  • Tx: Benzodiazepine, ECT for pt that don’t improve.
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Dissociative identity disorder

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Discontinuity in identity and loss of personal agency with fragmentation into >2 distinct personality state

125
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New onset of severe GI symptoms, confusion, ataxia and tremors.

A

Lithium toxicity

  • use of Lithium in combination of : Thiazides, ACE-inhibitors, Tetracyclines, Metronidazole
126
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Prevalent comorbid conditions that complicate the management and quality of life in pt with Tourette sy.

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ADHD

OCD

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Neuroleptic Malignant syndrome signs/symptoms?

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Muscle rigidity 
Fever > 40C (104F)
Confusion 
Autonomic instability 
Increased CK
Leukocytosis

*Serotonin syn: tremor, hyperreflexia, myoclonus, Fever but not as high, nausea and vomiting.

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Inability to recal important personal info; usually of a traumatic or stressful nature

  • Not exploded by another disorder
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Precontemplation?

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Not yet acknowledged that there is a problem

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Atypical depression is characterized by?

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Mood reactivity ( feeling better in response to positive events)
Laden paralysis (extremities feel heavy)
Rejection sensitivity ( overly sensitive to criticism)
Increase sleep and appetite
131
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Acute stress disorder Vs. Post-traumatic stress disorder

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ASD: more than 3days but less than a month

PTSD: persistence of symptoms for more than a month

132
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4hour Acute dystonia Tx?

A

Anticholinergics:

  • Benztropine
  • Diphenhydramine
  • symptoms: muscles spasm, stiffness, oculogyric crisis
133
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4 month Tardive dyskinesia?

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Involuntary movement ( tongue,lips, face, extremities)
* Clozapine may help
134
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Serotonin syndrome is characterized by a triad of?

A
  1. Autonomic instability: hyperthermia, HTN, tachycardia
  2. AMS
  3. Neuromuscular hyperactivity ( hyperreflexia, miotonic)
135
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Action/ willpower

A

Changing behavior

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Pt experiencing MDD episode should be screen for?

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Past MANIC episode to rule out Bipolar disorder

137
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Contemplation

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Acknowledging that there is a problem, but not yet ready or willing to make a change

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Depressant drugs?

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Alcohol
Opioids (morphine, heroin, methadone)
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepines

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Delusions or hallucinations fro more than 2 weeks in the absence of MD episode or manic episode is?

A

Schizoaffective disorder

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Symptoms of opioids intoxication?

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  • morphine, heroin, methadone
    Euphoria
    Respi & CNS depression
    Pupillary constriction ( point pupil)

-Tx for overdose: Naloxone

141
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Caine withdrawal is characterized by?

A

Acute depression accompanied by:

  • Vivid dreams
  • Hyperinsomnia
  • Hyperphagia
  • Fatigue
142
Q

Dilate pupils, yawning, lacrimation

A

Heroin withdrawal

  • in baby - look for sneezing, vomiting, diarrhea
143
Q

Pupillary findings on intoxication with

  1. Stimulants
  2. Depressants
A
  1. Stimulants- dilate

2. Depressant- constrict

144
Q

Delirium is characterized by?

A

Acute
Fluctuating cognitive impairments
Ex. Poor attention, disorientation

145
Q

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome 6-24hrs?

A

Mild

-symp: anxiety, insomnia, Tremors, diaphoresis, palpitations, GI upset, oriented.

146
Q

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome 12-48hrs?

A
  • seizures
  • hallucinations
  • oriented
  • normal VS
147
Q

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome 48-96hrs?

A

Delirium tremors

- confusion, agitation, fever, tachycardia, HTN, diaphoresis, hallucinations

148
Q

Tx for Neuroleptic malignant syndrome?

A
  • Dopaminergic agents: Bromocriptine, Amantadine

- Muscle relaxant: Dantrolene

149
Q

Most consistently replicated neuroimaging finding in schizophrenia?

A

Enlargement of the. Lateral cerebral ventricles

150
Q

Specific phobia?

A

Excessive anxiety about specific object or situation.

151
Q

Panic disorder?

A

Recurrent, unexpected panic attack’s

152
Q

Neurotransmitter changes in Alzheimer disease?

A

Decrease ACh

Increase glutamate

152
Q

Neurotransmitter changes in Anxiety?

A

Increase NE

Decrease GABA and 5-HT

152
Q

Neurotransmitter changes in Depression?

A

Decrease: NE, dopamine and 5-HT

152
Q

Neurotransmitter changes in Huntington disease?

A

Increase:dopamine
Decrease: GABA and ACh

152
Q

Neurotransmitter changes in Parkinson disease?

A

Decrease dopamine

Increase ACh

152
Q

Sensation of bugs crawling

A

MC in alcohol withdrawals

Also seen in cocaine abusers

152
Q

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

A

Flat affects
Social withdrawals
Lack of motivation
Lack of speech or thought .

-Symptoms improve with antipsychotic

152
Q

Maternal blues

A

Starts 2-3 days after delivery
Symptoms: depress affect, tearfulness and fatigue.
Tx supportive, FU for evaluation of PD

152
Q

Postpartum depression (PD)

A

Starts after 4 weeks of delivery
Symptoms: depression, anxiety, poor concentration
Tx CTB AND SSRI 1 line

152
Q

Common side effect of ECT?

A

Amnesias: retrograde and anterograde

152
Q

Social anxiety disorder?

A

Social phobia

  • anxiety restricted to social & performance situations.
  • fear of scrutiny & embarrassment.

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