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Psych-1 Flashcards

1
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SSRI safe for pregnant women

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Fluoxetine

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SSRI with highest Nausea and Diarrhea

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Sertraline

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SSRI with fewest drug-drug interactions

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Citalopram

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SSRI you don’t have to taper

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Fluoxetine

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5
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SSRI used for OCD

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Fluvoxamine

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Skinny old depressed lady who can’t sleep.

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Mirtazapine A2 agonist will cause weight gain and drowsiness

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Treats depression and neuropathic pain

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Duloxetine

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8
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Norepi and Dopa uptake inhibitor that lowers the seizure threshold

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Buproprion

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9
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Drug for depression that increases BP.

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Venlafaxane (SNRI)

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10
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Side effect of mirtazapine

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Agranulocytosis

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TCA approved for OCD

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Clomipramine

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12
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Atypical antipsychotic with highest EPS risk and Inc. Prolactin

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Risperidone

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13
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Atypical Antipsychotic that increases the QTC,

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Ziprasadone

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Atypical anti-psychotic. weight neutral, Increases akathasia

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Ariptrazole “Ants in the Pants”

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15
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Atypical Antipsychotic that causes orthostasis and cataracts

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Quetiapine (Has Alpha Blocking properties)

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16
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What do you treat Benzo withdrawal with ?

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Diazepam

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17
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What do you treat a specific phobia with ?

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Flooding or Exposure/Extinction

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18
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What do you treat a social phobia with

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Beta blocker / Benzo

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19
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Gold Standard to treat OCD ? What is 1st line?

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Clomipramine is gold standard, SSRI are first line. + Exposure Response Prevention

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What do you treat PTSD with ?

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Sertraline or Paroxetine combined with CBT

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21
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Sleep Spindles and K Complexes

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Stage 2

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22
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Sleep walking and night terrors

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stage 3

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23
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What causes Fragile X

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CGG Repetes w/ anticipation. X-Linked. Seizure, MVP, Dialation of the aorta, tremors, ataxia,

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24
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Cafe- au - Lait, Seizures, Large Head

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Neurofibramatosis

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25
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Coarse facies, short stature, cloudy cornea. Autosomal Recessive

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Hurlers Syndrome

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26
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Smith Magenis ?

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Broad, square face, short stature, deletion of chrome 17, self injurious behavior.

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Hypotonia, hypogonadism, hyperphagia, skin picking, agression, chrom 15 deletion.

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Prader-Willi (Paternal deletion / Prader Willi

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28
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Seizures, Strabismus, Sociable Episodic Laughter, Deletion on maternal chrom 15

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Angelman.

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29
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Chromosome 7 deletion. Elfin appearance, Increased empathy and verbal reasoning

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Williams

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30
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Person on an antipsychotic developed a grey rash and jaundice.

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Chlorpromazine

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31
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Person on antipsychotics developes inc.QTc retinopathy

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Thioridazine

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32
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Resistant schiophrenia

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Clozapine.

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33
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Bipolar and Pregnant

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Clonazapam

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34
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Bipolar and developed hepatitis

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Valproic Acid.

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35
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SSRI with MOST Drug - Drug Interactions

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Paroxetine

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36
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5HT discontinuation syndrome is common with ?

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Sertraline and Fluvoxamine

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37
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Depressed patient with hypertension, should not get ?

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Venlafaxane

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38
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What do you give a patient who is in a hypertensive crisis

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IV Phenatolamine.

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39
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How do you treat the 2 forms of schizoaffective disorder ?

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Atypical Antyipsychotic + Li if manic, and SSRI if depressive.

40
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SSRI for social phobia

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Paroxetine.

41
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Rapid Cycling Bipolar

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Carbemazepine

42
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OCD, What do you always rule out ?

43
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What do you give for NMS

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Bromocriptine

44
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Peripherazine

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This is a high potency antipsychotic.

45
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Withdrawl dyskinesia

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When haldol dose is decreased the TD will initially worsen.

46
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Antipsychotic for predominately negative symptoms

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Olanzapine

47
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sibling of a schizophrenic has a ____% chance of getting schizo.

48
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Baseline Psychosis with episodic suicidal attempts

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Schizoaffective disorder.

49
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Description of hallucinations but clear sensiorneum and absence of disorganized thinking. +UDS for cocaine

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Malingering. Prob trying to avoid law ect.

50
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Hyponatremia in a psychotic patient, increased urine sodium

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Psychogenic polydypsia

51
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Psychotic patient who has been symptom free for over a year. What do you do to her meds ?

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Gradual reduction in medication with increased visit frequency.

52
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Delusions of persecution and visual hallucinations.

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Amphetamine Intox.

53
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Difference in schizophrenia between males and females?

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Males have an earlier peak onset and poor outcome.

54
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How do you treat akathasia ?

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B-Block or Lorazepam. All other EPS get benzotropin and Diphenylhydramine are the standard treatments of EPS.

55
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What is a delusion

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A disturbance in thought content.

56
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Abreaction

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Re-enactment of a painful event for a patient

57
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Error of thinking in MDD

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Negative thoughts of self in the future

58
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Error of thinking in Anxiety

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Overdetermined sense of psychological or physical danger.

59
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Patient in group therapy realizes he or she is not alone.

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Universilazation.

60
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A patient has panic attacks, what will the therapist have the patient do in the office.

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Have a panic attack. This will allow the patient to face his or her own fears.

61
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What do you monitor with a patient on lithium

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Li (0.6-1.2) TFT, Cr

62
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Preg with Opiod Addiction

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Methadone : Inc. QTc

63
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Opiod Antagonist that decreases morbidity

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Methadone, if they are having withdrawals early in methadone treatment increase the dose.

64
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Opiod antagonist that will precip withdrawal if given acutely

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Naltrexone.

65
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Given for the autonomic signs and symptoms in opiod withdrawal Given for muscle cramps during Opiod withdrawal

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Clonidine. NSAID.

66
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Adjustment Disorder

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Disproportionate response to a stressor

67
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Somatiform

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4 Pain 2GI 1 Sexual 1 Pseudoneurologic all are feined by the patient.

68
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PP Blues, Depression, Psychosis

69
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Dystonia of back and neck

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Retrocollius

70
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Timeline of EPS

71
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Management of TD

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BNZ, Banclofen, Vit E.

72
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OCD after an infection

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ASO and DNase B titers.

73
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Anorexia labs

74
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Patient has depression 2deg GMC. The GMC resolves and the patient still feels depressed.

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Antidepressant

75
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ECT side affects

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HA, nausea, muscle soreness. Anterograde and Retrograde amenesia

76
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Dysthymic disorder in an adolescent

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Only one year of symptoms, adults require two.

77
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Alcoholism is present in ____% of depressed patients

78
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Study to confirm depression

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PET scan shows decreased glucose utilization in the frontal lobes. REM Sleep latency is Prolonged in MDD.

79
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Contraindications to ECT

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Anything that could disrupt the blood brain barrier. Aneurysm, MI, Bleeding disorder. OK in epileptics

80
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What can ECT treat ?

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> 75% of patients with MDD,

81
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How does dissociative amnesia resolve ?

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Reverts spontaneously

82
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depersonalization disorder

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Detachment from a persons own body enough to cause distress.

83
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Patient has seizures on Clozapine, what next ?

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Change to phenobarbitol and after stable clozapine can gradually be added.

84
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How long do you wait if a patient is not responding to SSRI’s ?

85
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A patient is on a TCA and they develop anticholinergic side effects but taking correct dose, yet blood levels are really high.

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5-10% of people metabolize TCA’s at different rates.

86
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SSRI and they get sexual dysfunction, what do you add?

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Cyproheptidate

87
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How does Fluoxetine slow metabolism of other drugs ?

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It is not a CYP, it just does this.

88
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Pseudodementia with baseline dementia. How do you help this patient?

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Trial of SSRI

89
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How long does it take to reach steady state of Li in the body ? What blood level is used in acute mania ?

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5-7 days 1 - 1.5

90
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TD but mouth is moving really fast

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Rabbit syndrome

91
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Rich in tyramine

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Pepperoni and sausage

92
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Benzo for parasomias

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Clonazapam

93
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Most sensitive lab for bulimia

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Increased amylase activity

94
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Polysonogram finding in narcolepsey

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Increased REM latency

95
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Cognitive Behavioral therapy is effective for which conditions ?

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Focuses on the connection between thoughts and behaviors. SAD, Substance Abuse, Anxiety, Depression.

96
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Can marijuana cause substance induced mood disorder

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NO, Any other substance can.

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