Psych

Question 1

displacement vs. projection

Answer 1

displacement is snapping/yelling at someone else

projection is placing your unwanted feelings onto someone else

Question 2

what is the most serious side effect of ethosuximide?

Answer 2

SJS

Question 3

what is the moa of lithium?

Answer 3

blocks epithelial siodium channels (can lead to nephrogenic DI, can’t treat with ADH)

Question 4

what stage of sleep is initiated by elevated Ach and is reduced by NE

Answer 4

REM

Question 5

how might s/s of tuberous sclerosis be described?

what is the inheritance pattern?

Answer 5

impairment in social interaction, language, and cognitive deficits.

stereotyped motion/repeitions/autism spectrum disorder

hypopigmented macules (ash leaf spots) and angiofibroma

autosomal dominant

Question 6

If you think someone has conversion disorder, do you give them an SSRI or have close follow up?

Answer 6

close follow up

Question 7

If a pt is experiencing tardive dyskinesia, what should be prescribed

Answer 7

M1 antagonists (anticholinergics) diphenhydramine or benzotropine

Question 8

lesion to the parietal lobe cause what?

Answer 8

agraphia

Question 9

Lithium during pregnancy can cause what fetal anomaly?

Answer 9

Ebstein abomaly, with enlargement of the right atrium