Psych exam 1 Flashcards
What is the mental status exam (AMSIT)
documents patient’s CURRENT thinking, feeling, and behavior
AMSIT: A (general appearance, behavior, speech
demographics, physique, hair, clothes, cleanliness
inc or dec psychomotor activity, distractibility sterotypy
mutism, preservation, echolalia, neologisms
AMSIT: M (mood and affect)
position on 7 pt depression elation continuum
range, intensity, stability, appropriateness
AMSIT: S (sensorium)
orientation to time and place
memory
calculating ability
AMSIT: I (intellectual function)
level of current function: above ave, ave, below ave
general knowledge
use of vocab
AMSIT: T (thought)
Form tangentiality, circumstantiality, loose associations, flight of ideas
Content: delusions, hallucinations, ideas of referance
Judgement
Abstract ability
Insight
What is the purpose of the psychiatric rating scale
obj way of measuring sub data (thoughts, feelings, perceptions)
screen or diagnose disorders
evaluate adverse effects
What is a pink slip
application for emergency admission
Who can fill out a pink slip
psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, physician, health/police/parole officer, sheriff, CNP in psychiatry
How does someone fill out a pink slip
person must be taken inconspicuously
person must be treated with consideration and respect
person can make phone calls to attorney
obtain counsel to evaluate person’s mental condition
How long are people admitted from a pink slip
examined w/in 24 hr of arrival
not mentally ill needs to be released asap
if mentally ill, person may be detained for not more than 3 court days following exam day
At the end of the 3 day pink slip period what happens
admit the person as a voluntary pt or file and affidavit w/ court for mentall ill person or discharge pt
Civil vs criminal competency
civil: able to make reasonable decisions
criminal: able to testify or stand trial
What is guardianship
legal process used to protect individuals who are unable to care for themself
What is malingering
intentional production of false or exaggerated physical or psychological problems
goal is receiving a specific benefit
What is borderline
ongoing pattern of varying moods, self-image, and behavior
impulsive actions and problems in relationships, experience intense episodes of anger, depression and anxiety, view things in extreme
Onset of schizophrenia
late adolescence to early adulthood, earlier in males
What is schizophrenia
complex syndrome of disorganized and bizarre thought, delusions, hallucinations, inappropriate affect, and impaired psychosocial functioning
What medications precipitate psychosis
anticholinergics
dopamine/dopamine agonists
stimulants
steroids
cannabids
cocaine
lsd
What are the 4 dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia
mesolimbic pathway (+ symptoms)
mesocortical pathway (- symptoms)
nigrostriatal pathway (extra-pyramidal side effects)
tuberoinfundibular pathway (hyperprolactinaemia)
For schizophrenia DSM-V one of the sx must be what
2 or more for significant portion of time in 1 month:
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech
(could also have disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms)
For schizophrenia DSM-V continuous signs of the disturbance persist for at least __ months
6
schizophrenia phases of disorder
prodromal, active, residual
(pt experience periods of remission)
schizophrenia acute episode
lost reality, disconnected thought process, hallucinations, delusions
uncooperativeness, hostility, poor hygiene, disrupted sleep and appetite