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Classical Conditioning is inherently what?

Operant Condition is inherently what?

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Involuntary

Voluntary

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What type of operant conditioning is followed by a desired reward or removal of an averse stimulus?

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Reinforcement

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What type of operant condition is repeated application of aversive stimuus or removal of desired reward to extinguish unwanted behavior?

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Punishment

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An individual has repetitive, pervasive behavior that violates societal norms or the basic rights of others, 15-18 years old?

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Conduct Disorder

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Severe, recurrent temper outbursts out of proportion to the situation. The onset is before the age of 10 what is this?

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Disruptive Mood Disorder

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An individual with enduring pattern of hostile, defiant behavior toward authority figures but without violation of social norms?

How long does this go on for to require a diagnosis?

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder

6 Months

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What is the Coprolalia? This is in Tourette Syndrome

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involuntary obscene speech, found in 40% of patients

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An individual with auditory hallucinations, are more commonly due to what illness?

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Schizophrenia

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An individual with visual hallucination, is most commonly seen with what illness?

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Drug Intoxications

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When an individual has alcohol or auditory hallucinations, what is the most common type of hallucination?

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Tactile

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When an individual has an aura of temporal lobe epilepsy or a brain tumor, what is the most common hallucination?

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Olfactory

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Schizophrenia has positive symptoms, they are what?

Schizophrenia has negative symptoms, what are they?

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Positive: hallucinations, delusions, unusual thought processes, disorganized speech, bizarre behavior

Negative: flat or blunted affect, apathy, anhedonia, alogia, social withdrawal

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When there are hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized speech for more than over 6 months prior to diagnosis, what is this?

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Schizophrenia

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When there are hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, for less than a month, usually stressed related, what am I? One Positive Symptom

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Brief Psychotic disorder

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When there are hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, for 1-6 months, more than 2 symptoms, what am I?

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Schizophreniform Disorder

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When there is schizophrenia and bipolar/depression, more than 2 weeks of symptoms, what is this?

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Schizoaffective Disorder

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More than 1 Delusion lasting more than 1 month, but no depression or other psych issues?

Can this be shared with close friends?

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Delusional Disorder

Yes (folie a deux)

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If an individual has abnormal range of moods or internal emotional states and loss of control over them, can cause distress over occupation?

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Mood Disorder

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What is similar to a manic episode, but is not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social and/or functional impairment?

How long does it last?

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hypomanic

at least 4 days

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What is a milder form of bipolar disorder fluctuating between mild depressive and hypomanic symptoms?
Must be for at least 2 years

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Cyclothymic Disorder

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What is a depressed patient with hallucination or delusions usually inadequacy, guilt, punishment, nihilism, disease or death?

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MDD with psychotic features

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What is mild depression that had more than 2 depressive symptoms, that lasts more than 2 years? Emphasis on mild

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Persistent Depressive Disorder (dysthymia)

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What disorder is over 2 years with 2 major depressive episodes that occurs only during the seasons?

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Major Depressive Disorder with seasonal pattern

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MDD has SIGECAPS, what does that stand for?

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Sleep Disturbance, Loss of Interest, Guilt or feelings of worthlessness, Energy loss and fatigue, Concentration problems, appetite/weight changes, psychomotor retardation or agitation, suicidal ideation

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DIGFAST is bipolar, what does it stand for?

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Distractability, Impulsive/Indiscretion, Grandiosity, Flight of Ideas, Agitation/Increase goal-direction, low sleep, talkative pressure

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How long is needed to have a diagnosis of a panic attack?

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1 month

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How long is needed for a phobia?

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6 months

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What is an irrational fear/anxiety while facing or anticipating more than 2 specific situations, where you cannot leave a situation?

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Agoraphobia

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How long is needed for social anxiety disorder?

What is the Corness drug for this?

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6 months

Buspirone

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Obsessive-compulsive disorders has what glaring difference between Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

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OCD is ego-dystonic, is not in line with your family values

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality is ego-syntonic, behavior consistent with your belief system

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What are the 5 stages of grief?

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Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
32
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Maternal (postpartum) blues resolves within days, when does it normally set in?

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2-3 Days

Characterized by depressed affect, tearfulness, and fatigue

33
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MDD with peripartum onset, is known as postpartum depression, characterized by what?

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poor concentration, depressed affect, anxiety for 2 weeks

34
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In order for an individaul to have postpartum psychosis, what are they required to have?

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bipolar and/or psychotic disorder

35
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What is the disorder between 3 days and 1 month? A patient had a traumatic event, life threatening situation, and has severe anxiety

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Acute Stress Disorder

36
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How long must it be for you to have PTSD?

37
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What is emotional symptoms that occur within 3 months of an identifiable psychosocial stressor, lasting 6 months? After 6 months, it becomes what?

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Adjustment Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

38
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How long does it take for you to be diagnosed with narcolepsy?

39
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How long is complicated grief?

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Greater than 6 months

40
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How long does a manic episode need to give away bipolar?

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Over 1 week

41
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How long is needed for Tourette Syndrome?

42
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How many locations is needed for bad behavior for ADHD?

How many months is needed for an ADHD diagnosis?

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2 locations

6 months

43
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When we have make believe medical conditions:

The symptoms are intentional and the motivation is intentional

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Malingering, specific to a 2nd external gain

44
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When we have make believe medical conditions:

The symptoms are intentional and motivation is unconscious?

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Factitious disorder

45
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When we have make believe medical conditions:

The symptoms are unconscious and motivation is unconscious?

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Somatic Symptom Disorder and Conversion Disorder

46
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What is desiring and often making lifestyle changes to live as a different gender?

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Transgender

47
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What is deriving plesure from wearing clothes of the opposite sex (cross-dressing)?

What is transvestims that causes significant distress/functional impairment?

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Transvestism

Transvestic Disorder

48
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Narcolepsy is due to low what?

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low orexin (hypocretin)

49
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Cataplexy is what?

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loss of all muscle tone following strong emotional stimulus, such as laughter

50
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What is low BMI?

What is high BMI?

People have lowish weight or maybe throwing up, what is going on

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Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa

51
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If I have a Gustatory hallucination, what do I most likely have?

52
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am I testing with following test:

Provide name date and location

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Orientation

53
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am I testing with the following test:

Following multistep commands

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Comprehension

54
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am I testing with the following test:

Reciting Months of the year backwards

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Concentration

55
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am i testing with the following test:

Recalling three unrelated words after 5 minutes

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Short Term Memory

56
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am I testing with the following test:

Providing details of significant life events

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Long Term Memory

57
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am I testing with the following test:

Writing a complete sentenance with noun verb agreement?

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Language Function

58
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am I testing with the following test:

Drawing two intersecting pentagons?

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Visual-Spatial Function

59
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When it comes to the MMSE, what am I testing with the following test:

Drawing a clock to the desired time?

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Executive Function

60
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When I have a symptom, and I blow a disease out of proportion?

When I dont have a symptom, and I blow the disease out of proportion?

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Somatic Symptom Disorder

Illness Anxiety Disorder

61
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Conversion Disorder is the loss of sensory or motor function due to what?

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acute stressor

62
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Illness anxiety disorder is also known as hypochondriasis, what does that patient not have?

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No disease, they have few or non symptoms that they think is a serious illness

63
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What personality disorder is disregard for the rights of others with a lack of remorse, involves criminal problems, over 18 years old?

What is the diagnosis before 18?

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Conduct Disorder

64
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What Personality disorder is unstable mood, impulsive, suicidal, and has fear of abandonment issues?

Splitting is a major defense mechanism

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Borderline Personality Disorder

65
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What drug inhibits Serotonin reuptake, 5-HT1a partial agonist? Used for MDD

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Vilazodone

66
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What drug inhibits 5HT1a receptor agonist and 5-HT3 antagonist, used for MDD?

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Vortioxetine

67
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Naloxone (narcane)

Naltrexone

Who is used for what?

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Short acting opioid antagonist

Long acting opiod antagonist

68
Q

Bupivacaine has what toxicity?

Benzocaine has what toxicity?

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Cardiotoxicity

Methemoglobinemia

69
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Local anesthetics

Esters have what ending?

Amides have what ending?

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-caiine, end in procaine

they have two I’s in the name (amides)

70
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mydriasis is the exception to opiods via what side effect?

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