Psych: random memorization

Question 1

Which cluster has a genetic assoc w/ schizophrenia?

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which personality disorder uses splitting as its major defense mech?

Answer 2

Borderline

Question 3

What 2 genetic associations does cluster B have?

Answer 3

Mood disorders

Substance abuse

Question 4

What type of disorders are dysparenuria and vaginismus?

Answer 4

Sexual pain disorders

Question 5

What type of sleep does sleep terror disorder occur during?

Answer 5

Slow-wave sleep (thus you don’t remember it happening)

Question 6

What are 3 major triggers of sleep terror disorder?

Answer 6

Emotional stress
Fever
Lack of sleep

Question 7

What’s the pathophys cause of narcolepsy?

Answer 7

Decreased orexin production in lateral hypothalamus

Question 8

In narcolepsy with cataplexy, you’d expect to find decreased levels of what substance in the CSF?

Answer 8

Orexin-1 (hypocretin-1)

Question 9

What’s the DOC for narcolepsy?

Answer 9

Modafinil (non-amphetamine stimulant)

Question 10

What type of hallucinations occur right before sleep?

Answer 10

Hypnagogic

Question 11

What type of hallucinations occur just before awakening?

Answer 11

Hypnopompic

Question 12

How do you treat DTs?

Answer 12

BNZ

Question 13

What 2 gross findings are associated with the brain in Wernicke-Korsakoff?

Answer 13

Necrosis of mammillary bodies

Periventricular hemorrhage

Question 14

Anaclitic depression is seen in what population?

Answer 14

Infants deprived of affection. It describes then becoming withdrawn or unresponsive

Question 15

Depriving infants of affection for how long can result in irreversible changes?

Answer 15

> 6 months

Question 16

What type of fracture arises from twisting on bone and is highly suggestive of abuse?

Answer 16

Spiral fracture

Question 17

What brain changes are seen in ADHD?

Answer 17

Decreased frontal loba volume/metabolism

Question 18

How long do tics have to persist before Tourettes can be diagnosed?

Answer 18

> 1 yr