Psych 13 Flashcards
Time frame for ADHD diagnosis
6 months
What is the diagnosis: Apparently normal development throughout the first 2 years of life, followed by clinically significant loss of acquired skills
Autism spectrum disorder (childhood disintegrative disorder)
Rett Syndrome
Regression: loss of development, loss of verbal abilities, intellectual disability, ataxia, stereotyped hand-wringing
Regression occurs earlier than in childhood disintegrative disorder (maybe around 6 months old)
Most common reason for an adolescent to go to psych ed
Suicidality
Physical features of fetal alcohol syndrome
Facial dysmorphology (smooth philtrum, short palpebral fissures, thin vermillion border)
Tx of choice for eneuresis
Classic condition with a bell and a pad
Tx for Tourette
o Behavioral intervention – habit reversal therapy
o Medications:
♣ Alpha-2 agonists – Guanficine, Clonidin
♣ Antipsychotics
Severe side effects of stimulants
Tics
Most common reason for malpractice claims in psychiatry
Improper treatment
Drugs to treat OCD
SSRI = first line
Clomipramine (TCA) if SSRI doesn’t work
Time frame of separation anxiety in children/adolescents and in adults
> 4 weeks in children/adolescent
> 6 weeks in adults
What do you call belief that cues in the external environment are uniquely related to the individual (i.e. TV characters talking directly to me)
Ideas of reference
Describe delusion vs. illusion vs. hallucination
Delusion = false belief
Illusion = misinterpretation of an external stimulus
Hallucination = perception in the absence of external stimulus
Somatic sx associated with GAD
Fatigue, muscle tension
Time frame for specific phobia / social anxiety disorder
> 6 months
DSM Criteria for GAD
- Excessive anxiety/worry about various daily events/activities >6 months
- Difficulty controlling the worry
- Associated >3 sx: restlessness, fatigue, impaired concentration, irritability, muscle tension, insomnia
Time frame for selective mutism
> 1 month
THINK: You SELECT a single (1) choice
Tx of social anxiety disorder
CBT = Tx of choice
SSRI = 1st line medication if needed
Benzos PRN, Beta blocker
Diagnostic criteria of adjustment disorder
- Emotional or behavioral sx within 3 months in response to an identifiable stressful life even
- Sx are not of normal bereavement
- Sx resolve within 6 months after stressor has terminated
Time frame (onset and duration) of Acute Stress Disorder
Trauma occurred < 1 month ago
Symptoms last < 1 month
Tx for body dysmorphic disorder
SSRI and/or CBT
Components of mania
DIGFAST
D = distractibility I = insomnia/impulsive behavior G = grandiosity F = flight of ideas A = activity/agitation S = pressured Speech T = thoughtlessness