Psych

Question 1

buspirone MOA

Answer 1

partial serotonin receptor agonist

Question 2

SSRI and no stiffy –> switch to what?

Answer 2

buproprion, nefazadone or mirtazapine

Question 3

medical things –> OCD

Answer 3

pathology of cerebral cortex or basal ganglia

Question 4

drugs for alcoholics

Answer 4

acamprosate (daily)
naltrexone (binge)
disulfram (crap)

Question 5

drugs for PTSD

Answer 5

SSRIs
trazadone
prazosin (decrease nightmares and lower BP)

Question 6

cotard syndrome

Answer 6

delusion that ones body/parts are dead or dying

severe: the world is dead or unreal

Question 7

capgras syndrome

Answer 7

delusion that the people you know are replaced with look alikes

Question 8

fregoli syndrome

Answer 8

many people are just 1 person in disguises

Question 9

bipolar pt on Li wants to get pregnant…

Answer 9

switch to haloperidol

Question 10

what do you check when youre worried about NMS?

Answer 10

creatine phosphokinase

Question 11

adjustment d/o time frame

Answer 11

start w/in 3 mo

resolve in 6 mo

Question 12

tourettes drugs

Answer 12

aripiprazole, pimozide, fluphenazine and tetrabenazine

Question 13

normal bed wetting age

Answer 13

< 5

Question 14

psych drugs –> agranulocytosis

Answer 14

clozapine

carbamazepine

Question 15

tx for autonomic arousal in opiate withdrawal

Answer 15

clonidine

Question 16

autonomic arousal sx in opiate withdrawal

Answer 16

exaggerated startle
diaphoresis
tachy/palp
emotional hyperarousal