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Psychiatric Disorders Flashcards

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What are the two psychiatric disorders?

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  • Bipolar

- Schizophrenia

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What were the four A’s of psychosis?

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  • Autism
  • Apathy
  • Associations (loose)
  • Affect (flat)
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What are the first rank symptoms of psychosis?

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  • Delusions
  • Hallucinations
  • Hearing voices
  • Thought withdrawl
  • Imposed feelings/impulses
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What are the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia? (5) How many are needed?

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  • Delusions
  • Hallucination
  • Disorganized thinking/speech
  • Disorganized or abnormal motor behavior
  • Negative symptoms

-1 or more

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What are delusions?

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Fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence

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What are persecutory delusions?

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Harmed or harassed by individual or group

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What are referential delusions?

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Gestures, comments, environmental cues are directed at oneself

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What are grandiose delusions?

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Individuals believe that they have exceptional abilities of wealth or fame

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What are erotomanic delusions?

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Individuals believes falsely that another person is in love with them

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What are nihilistic deulsions?

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Involve a conviction that a major catastrophe will occur

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What are somatic delusions?

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Preoccupation regarding health and organ function

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In what mental health disorder is somatic delusions common in?

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MDD

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What is the age distribution of MDD

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Bimodal–20s and 60s

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What are hallucinations?

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Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimuli

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What are auditory hallucinations?

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Voices distinct from an individual’s thoughts

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What is disorganized speech? What must be present in order to diagnose this correctly?

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Inferred from the individual’s speech and it must impair communication

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What is derailments or loose association speech?

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Switching from topic to topic

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What is tangentiality or loose association speech?

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Answers to questions obliquely related or unrelated

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What is incoherence or loose association speech?

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“word salad”–Severely disorganized resembling receptive aphasia

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What are the grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behaviors? When in particular are the noticeable?

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Behavior that manifests in a variety of ways from childlike silliness to unpredictable agitations.

Problems may be noted in any form of goal directed behavior including performing ADLs

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Why do schizophrenics smell bad?

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They have a disturbed sense of smell

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What is negativism catatonia?

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Resistance to instruction

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What is mutism and stupor catatonia?

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Ridigs, inappropriate or bizarre posture to a complete lack of verbal or motor responses

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What is catatonic excitment?

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Purposeless and excessive motor activity without an obvious cause

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True or false: catatonia can occur in bipolar, depressive, or other medical conditions

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True

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Are echolalia and coprolalia forms of catatonia?

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Yes

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What are the negative symptoms of psychosis?

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Diminished emotional expression–reductions in the expression of emotions in face, eye contact and intonation of speech

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What is avolition?

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Decrease in motivated self initiated purposeful activities

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What is alogia?

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Diminished speech output–sometimes to the point of mutism

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What is anhedonia?

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Decreased ability to experience pleasure from positive stimuli or degradation in the recollection of pleasure previously experienced

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What is asociality?

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Lack of interest in social interactions

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What is schizotypal disorder?

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A pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by discomfort or inability to have close relationships, as well as cognitive and perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior

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What are the 8 diagnostic criteria for schizotypal disorder?

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  • Idea of reference
  • Odd beliefs or magical thinking
  • Unusual perceptual experience, including body illusions
  • Odd thinking or speech
  • Suspicious or paranoid ideation
  • Inappropriate or constricted affect
  • Behavior or appearance that is odd
  • Lacks close friends
  • Extensive social anxiety
34
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Can schizotypal disorders occur in the presence of other mental health disorders like bipolar, or other psychotic disorders?

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No

35
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What are the associated features of schizotypal disorder?

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  • Present with depression

- Stress leads to very brief transient psychosis

36
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What percent of pts with schizotypal disorder have at least one episode of MDD?

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50%

37
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What percent of pts with schizotypal disorder are diagnosed with MDD when admitted?

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30-50%

38
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True or false: most schizotypal disorders are stable, with only a small proportion go on to become schizophrenic or psychotic

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True

39
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When do schizotypal disorders first begin to manifest?

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Childhood and adolescence

40
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True or false: most schizotypal disorders are more common in males

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True

41
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What is the criteria for delusional disorders? (2)

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  • Presence of one or more delusions of 1 month or longer

- Hallucinations are not prominent and related to the delusion

42
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True or false: in order to correctly diagnose delusional disorders, functioning cannot be markedly impaired

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True

43
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True or false: in order to correctly diagnose delusional disorders, the disturbance is attributable to physiological effect of a substance of another medial condition

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False

44
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In order to correctly diagnose delusional disorders, what must be true of any manic or depressive episodes the pt had?

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Must have been brief in relationship to the duration of the delusional period

45
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What is the most frequent sub type of delusional disorders?

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persecutory

46
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True or false: the jealous type of delusional disorders is more common in females than males

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False–other way around

47
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What are the diagnostic criteria for brief psychotic disorders? (4)

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  • Delusions
  • Hallucinations
  • Disorganized speech
  • Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
48
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What is the min and max duration of s/sx to be diagnosed with a brief psychotic disorder?

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At least 1 day, but not more than 1 month, with eventual return to premorbid functioning

49
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True or false: to diagnose brief psychotic disorder, the disturbance must not be better explained by a MDD or bipolar disorder

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True

50
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What is the relative level of impairment with brief psychotic disorders?

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Severe

51
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True or false: the risk of suicidality in brief psychotic disorders are not increased relative to the general population

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False–increased in the acute episode

52
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What is the prevalence of brief psychotic disorders, as a percentage of all first onset psychoses?

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9% of first onset psychoses

53
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What is the timeframe of brief psychotic disorders in developing countries? Developed?

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1-6 months as opposed to 1 month in developed countries

54
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True or false: brief psychotic disorders are more common in females

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True–2x

55
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What is the development and course of brief psychotic disorders?

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Appear in adolescence and early adulthood with onset possible across the entire lifetime

56
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What is the average age of onset for brief psychotic disorders?

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mid 30s

57
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In order to diagnose brief psychotic disorders, the individual must return to full premorbid functioning within what timeframe?

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one month, but it may occur in a few days

58
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What is the rate or relapse with brief psychotic disorders?

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High rates of relapse, but excellent outcomes in terms of function and s/sx

59
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What are the diagnostic criteria for schizophreniform disorder?

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  • Delusions
  • Hallucination
  • Disorganized speech
  • Disorganized behavior
  • Negative symptoms
60
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How many of the diagnostic criteria must be present to diagnose schizophreniform disorder? What is the timeframe?

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2 or more present for a significant time during a 1 month period, but less than 6 months

61
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Can you diagnose schizophreniform disorder if it is 2/2 drug use?

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No

62
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What is the incidence of schizophreniform disorder?

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5x less than that of schizophrenia

63
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What is the development and course of schizophreniform disorders?

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1/3 recover in 6 months and the other 2/3 go on to have schizophrenia

64
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What are the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia? (5)

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  • Delusion
  • Hallucinations
  • Disorganized speech
  • Disorganized behavior
  • Negative symptoms
65
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How long must s/sx of schizophrenia last for to be diagnosed with schizophrenia?

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2 symptoms for at least 1 month

66
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What must happen to the functioning of schizophrenic pts to diagnose them?

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1 area must be below pre onset level

67
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What is the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia in terms of duration of symptoms?

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Continuous signs of disturbance persist for at least 6 months, with 1 month of active symptoms

68
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What must be done prior to diagnosing schizophrenia?

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Cannot be attributed to bipolar or other disorder

69
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Do schizophrenics usually have insight into their disease? What is the clinical significance of this?

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No–but this is not a coping strategy

Anosognosia predicts non-adherence to treatment and poorer outcomes

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True or false: negative s/sx of schizophrenia are most common in females

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false–males

71
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True or false: mood symptoms and brief presentation show equal risk among both sexes

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True

72
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What is the usual age of onset of schizophrenia?

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late teens - 30s

73
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What percent of schizophrenia complain of depressive symptoms?

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50%

74
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What percent of schizophrenics have a good outcome?

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20%

75
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What is the major issue with chronic marijuana use?

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Impairs frontal lobes

76
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True or false: psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia tend to increase over the life of the individual

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False- tend to diminish

77
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Do children have more auditory or visual hallucinations with schizophrenia?

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Visual

78
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True or false: schizophrenia is more common in urban areas

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True

79
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What, generally, is schizophreniform disorder?

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a mental disorder diagnosed when symptoms of schizophrenia are present for a significant portion of the time within a one-month period, but signs of disruption are not present for the full six months required for the diagnosis of schizophrenia

80
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What is the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia?

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0.3-0.7%

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