Psych Clerkship Flashcards
What are the components of the Mental Status Exam - 14
ABC STAMP LICKER
- Appearance (gender/race/appears age/healthy/grooming)
- Behavior (psychomotor mvmnt + behavior toward u)
- Content of thought (is pt thinking about obssesions/phobias/delusions)
- Speech (talkative/monotonous/mute/loud/rapid)
- Thought process (logical?/rambling?/rate of idea flow?)
- Affect (full/guarded/inappropriate2mood/blunted)
- Mood ( “What is ur mood today? - happy/sad/angry..” )
- Perception (Derealization?/Depersonalization?/Hallucinations?)
- Level of consciousness (alert,stupor,somnolent)
- Insight & judgement (good/fair/impaired)
- Cooperation
- Knowledge & cognition (MMSE score?/ A/O /Memory w/recall?/able to Abstract think?/concentration?)
- Endings (suicidal, homocidal)
- Reliability
What would you expect diagnostic appearance of a Major Depression pt to be - 3
- ⬇︎Body wt
- poor grooming
- poor hygiene
What would you expect diagnostic appearance of an Anorexia Nervosa pt to be - 3
- ⬇︎Body wt
- baggy clothes
- Lanugo -image

Tx = Fluoxetine
What is echopraxia
repetitive imitation of mvmnts of another person
EchoLALIA = repetitve imitation of verbiage of another person
What is sterotyping
isolated purposeless mvmnt performed reptitively
What is alexithymia
Pt can NOT describe their mood
What are the different ways you can describe Affect during mental status exam?
ABC ST(A)MP LICKER
Affect = outward manifestations of emotional state

What is pressured speech? ; Which pts with mental illness exhibit this?
ABC (S)TAMP LICKER
rapid and difficult to interrupt (verbally runs you over!) ; Mania
What are the different ways you can describe Thought Process during mental status exam? - 5
ABC S(T)AMP LICKER
- Logical
- Circumstantial (heavily includes details that have lil relevance to the point)
- Tangential (doesn’t directly address point or finishes it and tlks about topics easily brought to mind)
- Flight-Of-Ideas (Tangenital + Racing Thoughts)
- Looseness of Assocation-image (connection between ideas it not clear and topic changes cant be followed)

Describe referential delusions
random events are of some special significance
“the Cubs lost, so that’s a signal the alien invasion is coming!”
What is formication
feeling bugs crawling under skin
common in Cocaine users!! lol
What is hallucinosis
pt knows their hallucinations aren’t real
Common in Alcoholics
What are the different ways you can ask about judgement during mental status exam?
ABC STAMP L(I)CKER

judgement:
-If u were in a crowded movie theater and smelled smoke, what would u do? AND what would u like to do (or have done) in ur current situation?
When describing Perception during a mental status exam, define the terms Derealization and Depersonalization
ABC STAM(P) LICKER
- Derealization = perceives objects in the world to be unreal (bigger vs smaller vs strange)
- Depersonalization = perceives self to be detached from body (like in a dream)
These typically occur together!

What is the lifetime prevalence of Anxiety Disorders in the U.S.?
25%
Many of these pts go to docs who are NOT psychiatrist
What is the diagnostic clinical criteria for Panic Disorder? - 3
- Recurrent Panic Attacks
- Unexpected Panic Attacks
- At least 1 attack is followed by ≥1 mo. of 1 or both of below:
- persistent worry of having another panic attack
- huge behavior changes to try and avoid future panic attacks
4. ≥ 4 of Panic Attack sx - image - And obvs can’t be 2/2 drugs or other condition*

Demographic for Panic Disorder - 2 ; What is this group at risk for?
Women in the late teens/early 20s ; Death from Stroke vs MI
Usually Occurs with MDD/GAD/OCD
Tx for Panic Disorder - 6
CBT (can be used alone)(breathing technique, exposure therapy) +/-
- SSRI (1st line rx)
- SNRIs
- Benzo short term
- TCA
- MAOi
* Similar to Social Phobic Anxiety Disorder tx*
What is the diagnostic clinical criteria for Agoraphobia? - 2
- Fear & Avoidance OOP of ≥ 2 / 5 agora situations - image
- Fear & Avoidance OOP are > 6 months

LIKE WITH ANY PYSCH DO, Fear & Avoidance OOP –> distress and functional impairment
OOP = Out Of Proportion
What is the diagnostic clinical criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)? - 2
Excessive anxiety….
- includes ≥ 3 / 6 of anxiety sx - waTCHERS
- ≥ 6 months
LIKE WITH ANY PYSCH DO, sx –> distress and functional impairment
OOP = Out Of Proportion
Demographic (sex and age) for Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 2
Women between 20-47
90% Occurs with MDD/GAD/OCD!!!!
How is GAD associated with pharmacotherapy cessation?
60-80% of GAD pts relapse within 1st year after stopping pharmacotherapy
Tx for Generalized Anxiety Disorder -9
- CBT
- SSRI (1st line rx)
- SNRI (1st line rx)
- TCA (2nd line rx)
- Benzo
- Buspirone
- Lyrica
- Mirtazapine
- Trazodone
What is the diagnostic clinical criteria for PTSD? - 3
Lifetime prevalence = 8% and more common in Women
- All 4 sx categorymet - image
- sx > 1 month
- Exposure done via Direct (single or repeated), Witnessed, occurred to close fam/friend































































