Pre-Test 2 Flashcards
Two meds for NMS
Dantroline and Bromocriptine
Schizophrenia poor prognostic indicators
Early/insidious onset Lack of obvious precipitating factors Poor premorbid functioning Neurological signs and symptoms Social isolation, family hx, Presence of neg symptoms
Benzo given with haloperidol in acute psychosis why?
Reduces amount of antipsychotic needed and protects against dystonic reactions
Next step if patient doesn’t respond to typical antipsychotic
Switch to atypical
What is Capers syndrome
Delusion in which patient believes that familiar people have been replaced by imposters
Long acting antipsychotic forms available with what drugs
Haloperidol
Fluphenazine
Brief psychotic disorder timing
Lasts 1 day up to 1 month and spontaneously resolves
What drug can look like acute schizophrenia
Amphetamine intoxication
Mean family of schizophrenia can lead to
Increased relapse rates
% of terminally ill patients who get delerium
90%
What is Autoscopic psychosis
Visual hallucination of a transparent phantom of one’s own body
Schizophrenia timing
Prodromal symptoms of at least 6 months with at least 1 week of acute psychosis
Treatment of choice for patients undergoing acute life crisis and feeling overwhelmed
Supportive psychotherapy
What is universalization
The awareness that the patient is not alone or unique in his or her suffering
Introjection
Internalization of the qualities of an object
can blur line between subject and object
What is it called when the victim of child abuse grows up to be an abuser
Identification with the aggressor
What is projective identification? who gets it
Aspect of self projected to someone else, projector tries to coerce the person to be that, and then the person kind of feels that way
Usually seen in borderline individuals
What does behavioral therapy focus on
Decreasing or ameliorating peoples maladaptive behavior without theorizing about their inner conflict
(just make it easier)
Cognitive treatment of panic disorder
Focuses on the patient’s tendency to make catastrophic interpretations about body sensations or state of mind
tell them panic attacks won’t kill them
How long can normal bereavement last
Up to 2 months
First line for acute bipolar mania? AE
Valproic acid now apparently?
AE: Hepatotoxic, pancreatitis
Drugs for dysthymic disorder
Venflaxine and buproprion
When does postpartum depression start
3-6 months after having baby
When does stroke depression start
Within first 6 months of having stroke
