psych Flashcards
1
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affective disorders
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- bipolar
- depression
- mania
2
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dissociative disorders
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- multiple personality
- psychogenic amnesia
3
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neuroses disorders
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- fear and maladaptive strategies
- anxiety
- obsessive-compulsive
- phobia
4
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personality disorders
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- antisocial behavior
- borderline behavior
- narcisstic behavior
- psychopathic personality
5
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schizophrenia disorders
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- catatonic schizophrenia: motor disturbances with rigid posturing
- disorganized schizophrenia - inappropriate emotional responses
- paranoid schizophrenia
6
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somatoform disorders
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- conversion disorder - complaints of neurological basis (paralysis, blindness, deafness) with no underlying cause
- hypochondriasis disorder
- somatization disorder - compaints of symptoms with no physiological basis
7
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antianxiety agents
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- target CNS through GABA, DA. 5HT
- benzos, xanax, valium, ativan, buspar, effexor, paxil
8
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antidepressant agents
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- tricyclic, SSRI, MAOI, other
- elavil, pamelor, nardil, wllbutrin, prozax, paxil
9
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antipsychotic agents
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- neuroleptic agents
- block DA receptors and reuce overactivity of DA in limbix system
- traditional: haldol, thorazine
- atypical: risperdal, abilify
can have extrapyramidal (motor) side effects
10
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bipolar meds
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- prevent manic eipsodes
- lithium
- clozaril, risperdal, tegretol, neurontin
11
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sedative hyponotic agents
benzos and non benzos
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- calming
- benzomes promote sleep, use GABA
- non benzos - barbiturates, inhibitory effects of GABA
- benzos - halvion, malmane
- non - luminal, sonata, ambien
