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Strongest predictor of capacity to make medical decisions

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Lack of insight

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2
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TMS for depression targets this brain region

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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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3
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Brain area that maintains wakefulness

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Ascending reticular activating system

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Piaget stages

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

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Amygdala to the septal area and the hypothalamus

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

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Veracity (conformity to facts, accuracy)

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Most common comorbid psychiatric disorder with epilspsy

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MDD

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Brain nuclei with histaminergic neurons that regulate sleep

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Tuberomammillary

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9
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Brain area of serotonin synthesis

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Raphe nucleus

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10
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Brain areaS of dopamine synthesis

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Ventral tegmentum, SNc

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Brain area of GABA synthesis

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Nucleus accumbens

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12
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Brain area of norepi synthesis

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Locus ceruleus

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13
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According to Winnicott, for assertiveness and sense of competence, ______ is the critical function of the “holding environment”

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Encourages spontaneity while protecting the child from harm

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14
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In an individual with persistent pain, neurotransmitter receptors for this NT are downregulated in the ventral striatum?

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Dopamine

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15
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L-methylfolate increases formation of ______ which increases production of serotonin, norepi, and dopamine

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Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) (a cofactor)

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16
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Neurotransmitter thought to increase libido = ______
Neurotransmitter thought to decrease libido = ______

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Dopamine; serotonin

17
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Reduction in hippocampal volume is associated with what type of memory impairment?

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

18
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Aggressive behavior in patients with Alzheimers is most often associated with

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Concurrent psychosis

19
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Which neurotransmitter system most directly regulates impulsive or affective aggression

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Serotonin

20
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Successful global cognitive performance with aging has most consistently been + associated with the size of which brain structure

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Hippocampal formation

21
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What psychotherapy for alcoholism focuses on patient ambivalence as a key treatment target?

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motivational enhancement therapy

22
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Who came up with the term “schizophrenogenic mother” (meaning a mother who is overprotective and rejecting)

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Frieda Fromm-Reichman

23
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A decrease in this neurotransmitter has been described in patients with depressive disorders

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Reduced circulating levels of GABA

24
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Difference between: efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency

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  • 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.
25
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The FDA warns about antipsychotics for dementia-related behaviors as increasing risk for death and _____

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Strok

26
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The Simpson-Angus Rating Scale assesses which type of symptoms?

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Motor (specifically drug-induced parkinson symptoms)

27
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NT contained in the sleep-promoting neurons of the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

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GABA

28
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3 indications for ECT

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NMS, catatonia, MDD with psychotic features

29
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Brain region that plays a critical role in autonomic function, motivated behavior and behavioural responses to threatening stimuli

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Periaqueductal gray (PAG)

30
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What is the association between serum lamictal levels and estrogen?

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Increased estrogen –> decreased serum lamictal

31
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Personalized dosing according to CYP genotype is best established for which class of meds?

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TCA

32
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The medial temporal lobe and the hippocampus are involved in this type of memory

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Declarative (recall of facts - also called explicit memory)

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