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Question 1

Strongest predictor of capacity to make medical decisions

Answer 1

Lack of insight

Question 2

TMS for depression targets this brain region

Answer 2

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Question 3

Brain area that maintains wakefulness

Answer 3

Ascending reticular activating system

Question 4

Piaget stages

Answer 4

1. Sensorimotor (age 0-2)
2. Preoperational (age 2-7)
3. Concrete operational (age 7-11)
4. Formal operational (age 11+)

Question 5

Connected by stria terminalis

Answer 5

Amygdala to the septal area and the hypothalamus

Question 6

Employed when documenting concerns in a patient’s chart for completeness

Answer 6

Veracity (conformity to facts, accuracy)

Question 7

Most common comorbid psychiatric disorder with epilspsy

Answer 7

MDD

Question 8

Brain nuclei with histaminergic neurons that regulate sleep

Answer 8

Tuberomammillary

Question 9

Brain area of serotonin synthesis

Answer 9

Raphe nucleus

Question 10

Brain areaS of dopamine synthesis

Answer 10

Ventral tegmentum, SNc

Question 11

Brain area of GABA synthesis

Answer 11

Nucleus accumbens

Question 12

Brain area of norepi synthesis

Answer 12

Locus ceruleus

Question 13

According to Winnicott, for assertiveness and sense of competence, ______ is the critical function of the “holding environment”

Answer 13

Encourages spontaneity while protecting the child from harm

Question 14

In an individual with persistent pain, neurotransmitter receptors for this NT are downregulated in the ventral striatum?

Answer 14

Dopamine

Question 15

L-methylfolate increases formation of ______ which increases production of serotonin, norepi, and dopamine

Answer 15

Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) (a cofactor)

Question 16

Neurotransmitter thought to increase libido = ______
Neurotransmitter thought to decrease libido = ______

Answer 16

Dopamine; serotonin

Question 17

Reduction in hippocampal volume is associated with what type of memory impairment?

Answer 17

Declarative (aka explicit - broken down into semantic and episodic)

Question 18

Aggressive behavior in patients with Alzheimers is most often associated with

Answer 18

Concurrent psychosis

Question 19

Which neurotransmitter system most directly regulates impulsive or affective aggression

Answer 19

Serotonin

Question 20

Successful global cognitive performance with aging has most consistently been + associated with the size of which brain structure

Answer 20

Hippocampal formation

Question 21

What psychotherapy for alcoholism focuses on patient ambivalence as a key treatment target?

Answer 21

motivational enhancement therapy

Question 22

Who came up with the term “schizophrenogenic mother” (meaning a mother who is overprotective and rejecting)

Answer 22

Frieda Fromm-Reichman

Question 23

A decrease in this neurotransmitter has been described in patients with depressive disorders

Answer 23

Reduced circulating levels of GABA

Question 24

Difference between: efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency

Answer 24

• Efficacy: capacity of a given intervention under ideal or controlled conditions
• Effectiveness is the ability of an intervention to have a meaningful effect on patients in normal clinical conditions
• Efficiency is doing things in the most economical way.

Question 25

The FDA warns about antipsychotics for dementia-related behaviors as increasing risk for death and _____

Answer 25

Strok

Question 26

The Simpson-Angus Rating Scale assesses which type of symptoms?

Answer 26

Motor (specifically drug-induced parkinson symptoms)

Question 27

NT contained in the sleep-promoting neurons of the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

Answer 27

GABA

Question 28

3 indications for ECT

Answer 28

NMS, catatonia, MDD with psychotic features

Question 29

Brain region that plays a critical role in autonomic function, motivated behavior and behavioural responses to threatening stimuli

Answer 29

Periaqueductal gray (PAG)

Question 30

What is the association between serum lamictal levels and estrogen?

Answer 30

Increased estrogen --> decreased serum lamictal

Question 31

Personalized dosing according to CYP genotype is best established for which class of meds?

Answer 31

TCA

Question 32

The medial temporal lobe and the hippocampus are involved in this type of memory

Answer 32

Declarative (recall of facts - also called explicit memory)