psych uworld Flashcards
acute stress disorder
3 days to 1 month
adjustment disorder
1 - 3 months
generalized anxiety disorder
> 6 months
Schizophrenia like Hearing voices and thinking there’s poisonous gas being released
Increased dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway
stimulant withdrawal
hyperphagia, hypersomnia, vivid dreams, dysphoric mood, fatigue
ex dextroamphetamine. cocaine
somatic symptom disoder
patient is preoccupied with one or more somatic symptoms such that it interferes with their quality of life
paranoid personality disorder
pervasive pattern of distrust of others beginning in adulthood
brief psychotic disorder timeline
1 day to 1 month
schizophreniform disorder timeline
> 1 month to 6 months
Depression signs
Sleep
Interest loss
Guilt
Energy
Concentration
Appetite
Psychomotor agitation
Suicidal ideation
Post partum blues resolves
Within 2 weeks, then it’s post partum depression
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
- thiamine deficiency
- chronic alcohol use
- impaired glucose metabolism and ATP production
- decrease erythrocyte transketolase activity
- particularly affects mamillary bodies
opiod withdrawal symptoms
- diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, muscle aches
- lacrimation, dilated pupils, piloerection, hyperactive bowel sounds
used to treat opioid disorder
methadone - full agonist
drug given when beta blocker overdose
glucagon
action of glucagon on the heart
-adrenergic independent
-activates cAMP leading to increased heart rate and contractility -> increased calcium release and SA nodal firing
Normal post partum blues time frame
Up to 2 weeks
action of stimulants
block reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine in prefrontal cortex
first line for ADHD
stimulants
anti social personality disorder
a pattern of violating the rights of others, engaging in unlawful behaviors, and lacking remorse for transgressions
ex - dog fighting, physical aggression
timeline for PTSD
> 1 month
acute stress disorder
basically PTSD but not yet… lasts from 3 days to 1 month, then it becomes PTSD
tricyclics
inhibit reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin, inhibit fast sodium channel conduction
ethosuximde
decreases calcium current in the thalamic nucleus
dementia with prominent behavioral changes
frontotemporal dementia
frontotemporal dementia
early 50s and 60s, disinhibition, early personality changes, hyperorality, compulsive behaviors, degeneration of the prefrontal cortex, aggregation of phosphorylated tau and neurofibrillary tangles and ubiquitinated TDP43
Clozapine side effect
Agranulocytosis
anorexia vs bulimia
look at the BMI, even if compensated behaviors, if low BMI then anorexia because bulimia has an increased or normal BMI
reaction formation
transforming unacceptable feelings/impulses into the opposite. ex patient mad at molesting step father but acts loving to them
sublimation
mature defense mechanism, in which a person channels unacceptable thoughts or impulses into socially acceptable behavior (being angry so playing sports)
