Psychiatric Neuroscience Flashcards

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what is the biopsychosocial view of psychopathology?
neurobiology of psychopathology is related to? (7)
primary care physicians fail to diagnose and treat what percent of psychiatric pts?
cost of mental illness?
where does it lie in the 2030 global burden of disease? What is number 1? *this will be tested
what about among high income countries?
How many of the top 5 are neurological or psychiatric?
suicide is #___ cause of death in US

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what is the greatest barrier in mental illness?
second?
what time of the year are most suicides? lowest?
Where are the suicide hot spots?
which demographic?
which gender?

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what are the 3 Ps of biopsychosocial view of psychiatry?
what are the 3 core neurocognitive networks
Describe components of each part
what are the selected network apthways for each?

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what are the characteristics of schizophrenia?
-what is one of the earliest problems with the disease?
what area of the brain is related to this?
what is the difference between positive and negative symptoms?
which gender is more affected?
what is the dna on and off switch?
where is the altered dna methylation
when does disorder usually present?
what is reelin?
what brain areas lead to lesssensory gating and less behavioral switching?
which NT is in excess?
and to which areas ?

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what are treatements for schizophreni?
what are complications from it? (2)
what are atypical neuroleptics?
what is the advantage?
what is the NMDA hypothesis

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what two things does depression affect?
what is kindling?
what NT and from what regions are involved?
what is the monoamine hypothesis
How does prozac work?
what is the demonstrated gene-environment interaction of serotonin transporter?
how do SSRIs affect dentate gyrus?
to tx depresssion, which area of the brain woudl undergo deep brain stimulation?

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what is the role of the habenula?
why do Deep brain stimulation there?

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what category does PTSD fit into?
how is TBI related?
organic focus?
why is amygdala impotant? F
how does ptsd affect dementia risk?

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how do benzodiazepines work?
how is related to alcohol ?

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treatment for OCD
What areas of the brain are implicated?
which area would you want to do deep brain stimulation of ?

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