Psych Flashcards
timeline and diagnosis of adhd?
greater than 6 inattentive and 6 hyperactive in greater than 6 months. generally less than 12 affects and in 2 settings.
timeline for diagnosis and tx of social phobia?
greater than 1 social situation for greater than 6 months. ssri or snri or cbt. b-blocker or benzo for performance subtype
timeline and diagnosis of panic disorder and tx?
persistent/recurrent attacks with greater than 4 of following PANICS criteria with greater than 1 month of worrying about additional attacks or avoiding situations.. benzo and ssri. begin with both and taper till just ssri
timeline and diagnosis and tx fo specific phobia?
greater than 6 month phobia of specific object or stimulus with behavioral therapy gold standard, but can give benzos in acute
tx ocd
1) cbt or high dose ssri 2) clomipramine (TCA) or antipsychotic augmentation for tx nonresponse 3) deep brain stimulation for refractory cases
tx hoarding disorder
ssri
timeframe and tx GAD?
greater than 6 months. cbt, ssri/snri, benzo, combo of both
timeframe somatic symptoms?
greater than 6 months
timeframe and diagnosis and tx of tourette?
greater than 1 yr of multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic presenting before 18. 1st gen antipsy (haloperidol and pimozide) or 2nd gen preferred (risperidone) with clonidine as option as well (alpha agonist)
4 pillars of autism?
lack of social interaction, restricted interests, repetitive or ritualized behaviors, communication deficits
underlying disorder RLS associated with ?
iron deficiency anemia
timing for ptsd and tx?
greater than 1 month (3 days to 1 month is acute stress disorder). trauma focused CBT and antidepressants (ssri or snri)
selective mutism timeframe
greater than 1 month
tx anorexia if no response to cbt and nutrition rehab?
olanzapine
tx anorexia, bulimia?
anorexia and bulimia-cbt and nutritinal rehab, but olanzapine (anorexia refractive), and ssri (bulimia combo)
tx binge eating?
cbt, behavior wt loss, ssri, lisdexamfetamine, topiramate
pathogenesis refeeding syndrome
increase carb leads to increase insulin secretion leadking to uptake of k+ mg2+ and po43- and thiamine with decreased levels in serum and increased chance of CP failure, seizure, chf, wernicke
management of folie a deux?
interview separate to assess level of impairment for each. dominant generally requires psychiatric treatment and other only requires in some cases
benzo for inpatient setting that is preferred with alcoholic?
iv lorazepam. intermediate acting for patients with comorbid liver disease
tx of adjustment disorder?
psychodynamic psychotherapy or brief cognitive psychotherapy
one thing that has to be present before you can consider diagnosing depression?
low mood/anhedonia
tx depression length?
person who responds and has had one episode-continue for 4-9 months
person who responds and has recurrent/chronic/severe-continue for 1-3 yrs or indefinitely
patient with a terminal illness should be on what that can be an option for longer life expectency
ssri and beginning should be a low threshold with low risk and high reward
diagnosis dysthmia
depressed mood greater than 2 years and greater than 1 year in children or adolescent with no symptom free greater than 2 months with at least 2 sigecap
timeline brief psychotic, schizophreniform, schizophrenia?
1 day to 1 month, 1 month to 6 months, greater than 6 months with functional decline required
best chance for patients not to relapse with schizophrenia?
minimizing conflict and stress in home
timeline schizoaffective?
greater than 2 weeks
bipolar 1 and 2 definition?
1: at least 1 manic with or without hypomanic or depressive episode
2: hypomanic and depressive episode
tx of mania?
1) 1st and 2nd gen antipsychotics, 2) lithium (avoid in renal disease), 3) valproate (avoid in liver disease) where you can combine both in severe disease
what do you not use for mania?
antidepressants as it can percipitate mania
best maintainence therapy for mania?
mood stabilizer and 2nd gen atypical antipsychotic superior to mood stabilizer monotherapy
maintaninence tx for bipolar?
1 episode: 1 year maintenance from remission
2 episode: long term (years) if not lifetime
3 or more: lifetime
chronic noncompliance with antipsychotic?
antipsychotic that is decanoate
treatment resistance with 2 failed trials of antipsychotic next option for schizophrenia?
clozapine
2nd gen antipsychotics?
olanzapine, cloazapine, quitiepine, risperidone, aripiprazole, ziprasidone (old closets quietly risper from a to z)
1st gen antipsychotics
haloperidol + -azine
delusional disorder diagnosis and tx?
greater than 1 delusion for at least 1 month in absence of psychotic symptoms. atypical antipsychotic and psychotherapy
what is kleptomania and tx?
rare impulse control egodystonic with stealing little value objects with tension before and pleasure after. guilty and remore common with efforts to stop but not successful. tx cbt
what is reaction formation vs sublimation?
responding in a manner opposite to one’s actual feelings where transforming unacceptable emotions or impluses to their extreme opposites vs channeling impulses toward socially acceptable behavior (anger toward father redirected to do well in sports)
suppression vs repression?
suppression (stop the worry like worrying about big game in advance of date). repression (removes the memory involuntarily like someone forgetting an event that occured that was traumatic at the time)
most important feature of schizophrenia that predicts a poor prognosis?
poor premorbid functioning
greatest age risk suicide?
greater than 65
what antidepressant cant you use in anorexic or bulemic?
buproprion because lower seizure threshold. also cant use in history of seizure
most common disorder associated with childhood sexual abuse?
dissociative identity disorder