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Negative reinforcement

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desired behavior removes negative stimulus

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Transference

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Patient thinks doctor is important formative person

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Coubtertransferrnce

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Doctor projects feelings of importance onto a patient

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Acting out

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Immature ego defense. Tantrum

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Dissociation

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Immature ego defense. Temporary change in personality to avoid conflict. Split personality.

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Denial

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Immature ego defense. Nothing is wrong!

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Displacement

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Immature ego defense. Avoided feelings are transferred onto neutral object. Yelling at the dog.

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Fixation

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Immature ego defense. Partial reversion childish behavior. Sports.

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Identification

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Immature ego defense. Modeling behavior after superior person in terms of power.

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Isolation

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Immature ego defense. Separation of feelings from ideas or event.

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Projection

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Immature ego defense. Unacceptable internal impulse attributed to another source.

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Rationalization

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Immature ego defense. Claiming logical reason for behavior which is false to avoid conflict.

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Reaction formation

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Immature ego defense. Acting the opposite way to ward off the unwanted feeling.

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Repression

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Immature ego defense. Forcing memory out of brain. forgetting a rape

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Regression

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Immature ego defense. Turn back emotional clock

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Splitting

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Immature ego defense. Intolerance of ambiguity. Morally black and white.

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Classic conditioning

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Natural response elicited by learned stimulus

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Altruism

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Mature ego defense. Do good kid

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Humor

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Mature ego defense. I didn’t want to be a doctor anyway

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Sublimation

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Mature ego defense. Redirect energy in a similar thing but positive. Like workout out

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Suppression

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Mature ego defense. Voluntary ignoring a feeling.

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Conduct disorder

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Basically doesn’t respect other basic rights. Fights and stealing.

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Oppositional defiant disorder

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Defying authority figures just cause

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Autism

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Fixation on objects more than people

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Aspergers disorder
Mild autism. Basically obsession over things but no language defects.
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Retts disorder
Girls only. Maturation reverses at age four
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NT change: anxiety
High norepinephrine | Low GABA serotonin
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NT change: depression
Low norepinephrine and serotonin and dopamine
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NT change: Alzheimer's
Low ACh
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NT change: Huntingtons
Low GABA and ACh | High dopamine
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NT change: schizophrenia
High dopamine
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NT change: Parkinson's
Low dopamine | High serotonin and ACh
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Korsakoffs amnesia
Anterograde amnesia due to mammillary body destruction secondary to thiamine deficiency.
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Thiamine other name
B1
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Manic episode requires
``` Three of : dig fast Distractability Irresponsiblity Grandiosity Flight of ideas Activity Sleep down Talkativeness ```
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Schizophrenia diagnosis
``` Two of Delusions Hallucination Disorganized speech Disorganized behavior Negative symp ```
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Depression diagnosis
``` At least two weeks of Five of SIG E CAPS Sleep disturbance Interest lost Guilt Concentration loss Appetite change Psychomotor Suicide ```
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Atypical depression
Most common depression type. Still feel better with positive stimuli and fixes motor symptoms.
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Maternal blues
Most common. Depressed and sad 2-3 days after birth. Resolved itself in two weeks
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Postpartum depression
Basically maternal blues that last longer two weeks
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Postpartum psychosis
Psychosis two weeks after delivery
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malingering
patient fakes something for personal gain
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factitious disorder
patient fakes something to assume "sick role"
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somatization disorder
patient has physical symptoms which have not attributable cause. not intentional or faked.
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conversion disorder
sudden loss of sensation or motor due to acute stressor
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hypochondriasis
preoccupying fear of medical illness
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munchausen syndrome
chronic fake illnesses
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Cluster A personality disorders
odd/eccentric: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal
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Cluster B personality disorders
dramatic/emotional: Antisocial(sociopath), Borderline (unstable), Histrionic (emotional/sexual), Narcissitc
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Cluster C personality disorders
Anxious/fearful: Avoidant, Obsessive compulsive, Dependent
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schizophrenia time course
6 month: schizophrenia
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Alcohol test
serum gama-glutamyltransferase (GGT), AST is 2X vs ALT
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opiod effects
euphoria, depressed resp and CNS and gag reflex. pinpoint pupils
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opiods
morphine, heroin, methadone
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opiod overdose treatment
naloxone, naltrexone
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opiod withdrawl symptoms and treatment
sweating, dialted pupils, piloerection (goose bumps), fever, rhinorrhea, nausea. Rx: methadone, buprenorphine
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depressant party drugs
alcohol, opiods, barbiturates, benzodiazepines. they all cause mood elevation, decreased anxiety, sedation, behavior disinhibition, resp depression
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Alcohol withdrawl extreme symptom and treatment
Delirium tremens treated with benzodiazepines. Life threatening that peaks 2-5 days after withdraw
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barbiturate withdrawal can cause
CV collapse
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Benzodiazepines can be counter acted with
flumazenil
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Stimulant drugs: names, effects, and withdrawal general
amphetamines, cocaine, caffeine, nicotine. mood elevation, aggitation, insomnia, arrhythmias. withdrawal: crash, weight gain
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Amphetamine use symptoms
pupillary dilation, euphoria, hypertension
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Cocaine use symptoms
pupillary dilation, impaired judgment, hallucinations, paranoia
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cocaine "treatment"
benzodiazepines
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nicotine withdrawal treatment
bupropion/varenicline
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Cannibus treatment form
dronabinol
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PCP "treatment"
benzodiazepine
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Heroin (rather than general opiod) addiction treatment
Methadone - long term oral drug for maintenance. | Naloxone + Buprenorphine: partial agonist, bettter than methadone. Naloxone only causes it own withdrawal if injected.
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Alchoholism drug
disulfiram (to condition the patient away from alcohol)
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wernike-korsakoff syndrome
thiamine def from alcohol causing triad: confusion, opthalmoplegia, ataxia (mammillary body atrophy)
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mallory-weiss syndrome
lacerations at gastroesophageal junction due to vomiting from alcohol

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