Psychiatry Flashcards
How is major depression diagnosed?
Need 5 “SIGE CAPS” for >2 weeks
Sleep disturbances (wake in early AM) Interest/libido loss Guilt Energy loss Concentration loss Appetite changes (loss) Psychomotor agitation Suicide or hopelessness
Autism
Repetitive movements
Lack of verbal skills and bonding
Symptoms since birth
Asperger’s
Good communication
Impaired relationships
No mental retardation
Rett’s
Only in girls Decreases head growth Lose motor skills Hand wringing Normal until 5 years
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
Develop normally for first 2 years then behave autistic
Selective mutism
Kid talks sometimes
Separation anxiety disorder
Kid screams when mom leaves
Conduct disorder
Aggressive Disregard for rules No sense of guilt Harm animals Illegal activity
“Bite”
Oppositional defiant disorder
Defiant
Non compliant
Directed at authority
“Bark”
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Over activity
Difficulty in school
Dysthymia
Low level sadness for > 2 years
Cyclothymia
Dysthymia with hypomania
Double depression
Depression followed by dysthymia
Bipolar I
Depression and mania (psychosis)
Bipolar II
Depression and hypomania (no psychosis)
Loose associations
Ideas switch subjects, incoherent
Tangentiality
Wanders off the point
Circumstanciality
Digresses but finally gets back to the point
Clanging
Words that sound alike
Word salad
Unrelated combinations of words
Perseveration
Keeps repeating the same words
Neologisms
New words
Delusion
False belief
Illusion
Misinterprets stimulus
Hallucination
False sensory perception
Alcohol withdrawal/cocaine intoxication —> formication
Nihilism
Thinks the world has stopped
Loss of ego boundaries
Not knowing where I end and you begin
Ideas of reference
Believes media is monitoring you
Thought blocking
Stops mid sentence
Thought broadcasting
Believes everyone can read his thoughts
Thought insertion
Believes others are putting thoughts into his head
Thought withdrawal
Believes others are taking thoughts out of his head
Concrete thinking
Can’t interpret abstract proverbs, just sees the facts
Synesthesia
Smell colors
Cataplexy
Loss of mm tone due to strong emotions
Paranoid personality disorder
Suspicious about everything
Use projection
Schizotypal personality disorder
“Magical thinking”
Bizarre behavior
Just that type to see dressed as a wizard
Schizoid personality disorder
“Recluse” don’t want to fit in
Avoids
Antisocial personality disorder
Lie, steal, cheat, destroy property
Impulsive without remorse
Illegal activity
Conduct disorder personality disorder
<15yo with antisocial disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Theatrical
Sexually provocative
Use repression