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How is depression is diagnosed?

A 
need 5 SIGECAPS >2 wks
S: sleep disturbances
I: interest/ libido loss
G: guilt
E: energy loss
C: concentration loss
A: appetite loss
P: psychomotor agitation
S: suicidal
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How is depression is diagnosed?

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need 5 SIGECAPS >2 wks
S: sleep disturbances
I: interest/ libido loss
G: guilt
E: energy loss
C: concentration loss
A: appetite loss
P: psychomotor agitation
S: suicidal
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What is autism?

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repetitive movemtns
lack of verbal skills and bonding
sx since birth

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What is Asperger’s

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good communication
impaired relationships
no mental retardation

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What is Rhett’s

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only in girls
dec head growth
lose motor skills
hand-wringing
normal until 5 mos
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What is childhood disintegrative disorder?

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kid stops walking and talking

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What is selective mutism?

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kid talk sometimes

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What is separation anxiety disorder?

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kid screams when mom leaves

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What is conduct disorder?

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What is autism?

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repetitive movemtns
lack of verbal skills and bonding
sx since birth

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What is Asperger’s

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good communication
impaired relationships
no mental retardation

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What is Rhett’s

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only in girls
dec head growth
lose motor skills
hand-wringing
normal until 5 mos
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What is childhood disintegrative disorder?

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kid stops walking and talking

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What is selective mutism?

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kid talk sometimes

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What is separation anxiety disorder?

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kid screams when mom leaves

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What is conduct disorder?

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What is oppositional defiant disorder?

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defiant
noncompliant
directed at authority

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What is attention deficity hyperactivity disorder?

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overactivity

difficulty in school

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What is dysthymia?

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low level sadness >2 yrs

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What is cyclothymia?

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dysthymia with hypomania

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What is double depression?

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depression followed by dysthymia

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What is bipolar I?

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depression and mania (psychosis)

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What is bipolar II?

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depression and hypomania (no psychosis)

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What are loose associations?

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ideas switch subjects

incoherent

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What is tangentiality?

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wanders off the point

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What is circumstantiality?

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digresses but finally gets back to the point

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What is clanging?

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words that sound alike

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What is word salad?

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unrelated combinations of words

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What is perseveration?

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keeps repeating same words

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What is neologisms?

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new words

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What is delusion?

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false belief

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What is illusion?

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misinterprets stimulus

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33
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What is hallucination?

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false sensory perception
EtOH withdrawal
cocaine intoxication–>formication (insects under skin)

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What is nihilism?

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thinks world has stopped

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What is loss of ego boundaries?

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not knowing where I end and you begin

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36
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What are ideas of reference?

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believes the media is monitoring you

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What is thought blocking?

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stops mid-sentence

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What is thought broadcasting?

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believes everyone can read his thoughts

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What is thought insertion?

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believes others are putting thoughts into his head

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What is thought withdrawal?

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believes that others are taking thoughts out of his head

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What is concrete thinking?

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can’t interpret abstract proverbs, just sees the facts

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What is synesthesia?

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smells colors

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What is cataplexy?

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loss of muscle tone due to strong emotions

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What is paranoid personality disorder?

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suspicious about everything

use projection

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What is schizotypal personality disorder?

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magical thinking

bizarre behavior

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What is antisocial personality disorder?

A 
lie
steal
cheat
destroy property
impulsive without remorse
illegal activity
47
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What is histrionic personality disorder?

A

theatrical
sexually provocative
use repression

48
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What is borderline personality disorder?

A 
perpetual teenager
splitting (love/hate)
projection
acting out
self-mutilation
49
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What is narcissistic personality disorder?

A

pompous

no empathy

50
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What is dependent personality disorder?

A

clingy
submissive
low self-confidence
regression

51
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What is obssessive compulsive personality disorder?

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perfectionist
doesn’t show feelings
detail-oriented
uses isolation

52
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What is avoidant personality disorder?

A

socially withdrawn

afraid of rejection but wants to fit in

53
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What is kleptomania?

A

steals for the fun of it

54
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What is pyromania?

A

starts fires

55
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What is intermittent explosive disorder?

A

loses self-control without adequate reason

56
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What is pathological gambling?

A

can’t stop gambling

affects others

57
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What is trichotillomania?

A

pulls out their hair

58
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What is Lewy body dementia?

A

stiff

visual hallucinaitons

59
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What is normal pressure hydrocephalus?

A

incontinence
ataxia- “magnetic gait”
dementia

60
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What is Korsakoff psychosis?

A

alcoholic thiamine deficiency

61
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What is vascular “multi-infarct” dementia?

A

sudden onset
uneven progression of deficits
“stair-step” decline

62
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What is Huntington’s?

A

in caudate/putamen
triplet repeat disorder CAG
choreiform movements
change in personality

63
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What is Creutzfeldt-Jacob?

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prion induced
die within 1 year
post-cornea transplant

64
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What is Pick’s disease?

A

frontal lobe atrophy

disinhibition

65
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What is Alzheimer’s?

A

dec Ach in nucleus basalis of Meynert
bad ApoE
amyloid plaques
tangles of tau

66
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What is Parkinson’s?

A 
in substantia nigra
bradykinesia
pill-rolling tremor
shuffling gait
Lewy bodies
67
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What is somatization?

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think they have different illness all the time

68
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What is hypochondriasis?

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think they have the same illness all the time

69
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What is body dysmorphic disorder?

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imagined physical defect

70
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What is pain disorder?

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prolonged pain not explained by physical causes

71
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What is conversion?

A

neuro manifestation of internal conflict

indifferent to disability

72
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What is malingering?

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fake illness for monetary gain

avoids medical treatment

73
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What is factitious?

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fake illness to get attetion

seeks medical treatment

74
Q

What is Munchausen?

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need to be the caregiver

mom fakes child’s illness to get attention

75
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What is Munchausen by proxy?

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mom makes child ill for gain

move a lot

76
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What is amnesia?

A

can’t recall important facts

77
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What is dissociative fugue?

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no past
travel to new place
usually due to trauma

78
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What is multiple personality disorder?

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have 5-10 alters

usually associated with incest

79
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What is depersonalizaiton disorder?

A

out of body experiences

deja vu

80
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What is sublimation?

A

substitute acceptable for unacceptable (boxer vs fighting)

81
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What is imitation?

A

dress like someone else

82
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What is identification?

A

act like someone else

83
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What is displacement?

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take anger out on someone else

84
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What is idealization?

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wait for “ideal spouse” while they are beating you up

85
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What is transference?

A

patient view doctor as parent

86
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What is countertransference?

A

doctor view patient as child

87
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What is acting out?

A

expression of impulse

tantrums

88
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What is regression?

A

immature behavior

89
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What is intellectualization?

A

makes excuses for all situations

90
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What is isolation of affect?

A

isolate feeling to keep on functioning

91
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What is suppression?

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concsciously block memory

92
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What is repression?

A

subconsiously block memory

93
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What is reaction formation?

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unconsciously act opposite to how you feel (tears of a clown)

94
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What is undoing?

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doing exact opposite of what you used to do to fix a wrong

95
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What is compensation?

A

doing something different from what you used to do

96
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What is sadism?

A

gives pain

97
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What is masochism?

A

receives pain

98
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What is exhibitionism?

A

exposure to others

99
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What is voyerism?

A

watching other people without their permission

100
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What is telephone scatalogia

A

phone sex

101
Q

What is frotteurism?

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rub penis against fully clothed woman

102
Q

What is transvestite?

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dress up as opposite sex

no identity crisis

103
Q

What is a fetish?

A

objects (vibrators, dildos, shoes)

104
Q

What is a pedophile?

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children (watching child pornography)

105
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What is a necrophile?

A

corpses

106
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What is a beastophile?

A

animals

107
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Can you die during EtOH withdrawal?

A

yes

108
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Can you die during opoid withdrawal?

A

no just very painful

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