Psych Shelf Flashcards
Screening tool for dementia
Folstein MMSE
Test that acts friends and relatives to report individual’s function
Blessed rating scale
Test to assess executive function
WCST (wisc card sorting test)
Executive functions are localized to this lobe in the brain and are often affected in individuals with —
Frontal, schizophrenia
IQ calcuation
mental age/chronological age x100
test to assess visual nonverbal memory
rey-osterrieth test that asks pt to copy complex figure with it in front of them and then from memory
rey-osterrieth test result: pt can’t copy figure correctly
R parietal lobe lesion – L visual field neglect
rey-osterrieth test result: pt can’t copy figure from memory
R temporal lobe lesion
Transference vs countertrans
Transferring emotions from one’s past onto another. For trans it’s patient onto therapist and other way around for counter
akathisia
motor and mental restlessness; SE of FGA
dystonia
musc rigidity and spasticity; SE of FGA
tests for concentration
serial 7s, spelling world backwards, random letter test
Repetition of obscene words sometimes in Tourette
coprolalia
What’s most common psych emergency in kids and adolescents?
suicidal behavior
What’s most common way kids/teens attempt suicide?
drug OD
What’s most common way kids/teens commit suicide?
firearms
What med is used to treat enuresis?
DDVAP
Side effects of DDVAP
HA and nausea
SEs of fluoxetine
GI, insomnia, agitation, HAs
Condition with deceleration of head growth, loss of coordination, and developmental delay starting after 5 months
Rett’s
First line medication for tourette
Alpha 2 agonist: guanfacine, clonidine
Most common initial sx’s for tourettes
Eye tics
type of tics in tourettes
Must have motor and verbal although not necessarily simultaneously
What’s most common predisposing factor for mental retardation?
Early alterations in embyronic development (can be due to chrom changes or toxins)
Axis I
psych disorders exc Axis II ones
Axis II
intellec disab and personality do’s
Axis III
medical dos
Axis IV
psychosocial and envi probs
Axis V
global assessment functioning
What meds can increase risk of tics?
stimulants
Enuresis is more common
in boys than girls that are otherwise healthy
At what age can normal child copy circle?
2
At what age can normal child copy square?
5
At what age can normal child tell you age and gender?
3
At what age can normal child ride tricycle?
3
At what age can normal child ID left hand?
5
Treatment for NMS
Dantrolene and bromocriptine or amantadine
Catatonia sx’s
stupor, catalepsy, waxy flexibility, mutism, negativism, posturing, mannerism stereotypy, agitation, grimacing, echolalia (repeats words), echopraxia (repeats behavior)
delusion that familiar ppl have been replaced by impostors
capgras
antipsychotics available in long acting injectable form
haloperidol and fluphenazine
Factors favoring good outcome in schizophrenia
Age onset 20-25, married, good premorbid social and work hx, triggering event, rapid onset
Factors favoring poor outcome in schizophrena
Age<20, insidious onset, lack of precipt factors, poor premorbid hx, negative sx’s, social isolation, fam hx of schizophrenia
Drugs that induce psychosis
amphetamines, PCP, LSD
Prevalence of schizophrenia
0.3-0.7%
Malingering
feigning sx’s for personal gain with external motivation (like avoiding legal issues, getting room and board, receiving monetary compensation)
Factitious disorder
feigning sx’s for personal gain with internal motivation to assume sick role
hallucination of transparent phantom of one’s body
autoscopic psychosis
delusion that you’re a werewolf or other animal
lycanthropy
false perception of having lost everything ie money, strength, health, organs
cotard syndrome
one person develops psychotic sx’s similar to one that partner has
folie a deux
First line med for mania
valproic acid
In what time range does pt develop depression after stroke?
Usually within 6 mos
cyclothymic disorder
recurrent periods of mild depression and hypomania present for at least 2 years
Tests to monitor lithium
plasma levels, thyroid, creatinine, urinalysis, CBC, electrolytes
Treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder
SSRIs and OCPs
phobia desensitization by pairing feared stimulus with anti-anxiety behavior
reciprocal inhibition
operant conditioning
learning through rewards and punishments (Skinner)
polysymptomatic syndrome in which pts are chronically sick and get several surgeries but no organic cause
somatic sx disorder
interpretation, clarification, and confrontation are used in what type of therapy
psychoanalytic psychother
patient presents acutely with blindness with no explainable cause
conversion disorder
pt is intensely afraid of getting sick and has distorted interpretation of sx
illness anxiety disorder
med to treat narcoplepsy
modafinil
pt has lots of time and memory gaps including autobio details
dissociative identity
pharm treatment for OCD
clomipramine (TCA), SSRIs (high dose)–fluvoxamine
treatment for PTSD
CBT, SSRIs, prazosin for nightmares
pharm for panic do
SSRI + benzo initially until SSRI effect sets in
sudden onset of REM sleep
narcolepsy
REM sleep behavior disorder vs narcolepsy
pts act out dreams as opposed to paralysis in narc
med to treat narcoplepsy
modafinil
patient is unaware that they move legs at night
periodic limb movement disorder
patient feels pain and need to move legs
restless leg syndrome
treatment for PTSD
CBT, SSRIs, prazosin for nightmares
Pharm to treat tardive dyskin
valbenazine
drugs abused that lead to brief euphoria, loss of consciousness, perioral skin changes
inhalants
treatment for GAD
CBT and SSRIs (buspirone is also an option)
EPS: dyskinesia of mouth, tongue, extremities that develops months after starting meds
tardive dyskinesia
antidepressant assoc with dose depend HTN
venlafaxine
Pharm to treat akathisia
beta block (propanolol), benzo, benztropine
narcolepsy sx’s
cataplexy (loss of musc tone), shortened REM phases, hypnagogic (falling asleep) and pompic (waking up) halluc
Pharm to treat tardive dyskin
valbenazine
drugs abused that lead to brief euphoria, loss of consciousness, perioral skin changes
inhalants
withdrawal sx’s of irritability and incr appetite
nicotine
drug intox that presents with agitation, aggression, psychosis, nystagmus, ataxia
PCP
antidepressant assoc with dose depend HTN
venlafaxine
long term treatment for panic disorder
CBT and SSRIs
narcolepsy sx’s
cataplexy (loss of musc tone), shortened REM phases, hypnagogic and pompic halluc
withdrawal sx’s incl seizure
alc and benzos
withdrawal sx’s of pyschomotor retardation and severe depr
stimulants