Psychiatric Conditions

Question 1

What are the somatoform disorders?

Answer 1

Conversion disorder
Somatization disorder
Pain disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder
Body integrity disorder
Hypochondriasis

Question 2

What are the dissociative disorders?

Answer 2

Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative amnesia
Depersonalization/derealization disorder

Question 3

What are the levels of intellectual disorders?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What is conversion disorder?

Answer 4

Sudden onset of sensory or motor deficits without identifiable physical cause. La belle indifference is common.

Question 5

What is somatization disorder?

Answer 5

Combinations of multiple physical symptoms, usually involving pain and sexual, GI, or pseudoneurological symptoms.

Question 6

What is pain disorder?

Answer 6

Pain that is unrelieved by analgesia and is affected by psychological status.

Question 7

What is anorexia?

Answer 7

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Question 8

What is bulimia?

Answer 8

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Question 9

What is pervasive developmental disorder?

Answer 9

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Question 10

What is binge eating disorder?

Answer 10

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Question 11

What is fragile X syndrome?

Answer 11

—Fragile X is an X-linked syndrome that mostly affects males
—Fragile X tremor-ataxia syndrome: intention tremor, ataxia, mood changes, cognitive decline, dementia (in later life)
— Difficulty writing, using utensils, falls

Question 12

What are the types of crisis?

Answer 12

Situational (stressors)
Global (environmental or political catastrophes)
Maturational

Question 13

What is factitious disorder?

Answer 13

—Munchausen syndrome or Munchausen syndrome by proxy

—Intentionally feigns or causes a mental illness to gain attention

Question 14

What is malingering?

Answer 14

Intentionally producing the signs/symptoms of a mental disorder for secondary gain i.e. to avoid work or incarceration.

Question 15

What is body integrity disorder?

Answer 15

Feeling alienated from part of the body and wanting it amputated.

Question 16

What are the types of dissociative amnesia?

Answer 16

Localized: inability to recall event for a few hours or days

Selective: inability to recall some aspects of a traumatic event

Generalized: inability to recall any history, including identity

Systematized: Inability to recall a specific category of information or a specific person or event

Continuous: Inability to recall events after a specific time until the present

Question 17

What are the types of complicated grief?

Answer 17

Distorted grief: severe despair, inability to function, exaggerated expressions (anger, sadness, guilt) and self-blame

Prolonged grief: persists for years with vacillation between anger and denial

Inhibited/delayed grief: when a person is not able to get past the denial stage

Anticipatory grief: grieving before the loss