Psychiatry Flashcards
Sexual masochism vs sadism
Sexual masochism occurs when patients receive sexual arousal or pleasure from being humiliated, demeaned, or abused and sexual sadism individuals experience sexual arousal or pleasure from humiliating or demeaning others
Olanzapine and clozapine main side effect
Metabolic: weight gain, and metabolic syndrome.
Atypical features in depression
Heavy limbs or psychomotor retardation, a high degree of mood volatility and hypersensitivity to rejection, hyperphagia, and hypersomnolence.
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors and depression.
Are effective treatments for treatment-refractory depression with atypical features.
After a patient has failed multiple (2 or more) agents and doses.
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors. phenelzine, isocarboxazid, and tranylcypromine).