Psychiatry Flashcards
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Schizoaffective disorder?
Mood disorder + Schizophrenia; but not all components of either must be met
Disease associated with smaller frontal lobe, but not decreased IQ
ADHD
Schizophrenia treatment that lacks the side effects associated with increased prolactin; however, it does result in drooling and a droopy face
Clozapine
Trx of intractable hiccups
Chlorpromazine
Most common comorbidity of schizophrenia
Nicotine addiction
Wernicke encephalopathy vs Korsakoff psychosis
Wernicke’s: ataxia, encephalopathy, opthalmoglegia
Korsakoff’s: Late stage Wernicke’s marked amnesia and nystagmus as well as PSYCHOSIS
Delirium vs Psychosis
Delirium- old and inattentive
Psychosis- loss of touch with reality
Cluster A personality Disorders
odd and eccentric
Cluster C personality Disorders
Fear of rejection and social shyness
Best therapy for night terrors
Behavioral Psychotherapy
Impulse control disorders
Pyromania, kleptomania, intermittent explosive disorder
Hallucination brain area in schizophrenia
mesolimbic
Encoptesis
rare elimination disorder characterized by the involuntary or voluntary loss of normal bowel control in children who have usually already been toilet trained.
Borderline personality disorder symptoms
unstable and have intense interpersonal relationships, frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, unstable self-image, impulsivity that leads to self-damaging behavior, such as sexual promiscuity or substance abuse, suicidal behavior, rapidly shifting affect, intense anger, or psychotic features.
Bipolar 1 vs 2
Bipolar 1 has manic episode while Bipolar 2 has hypomanic episodes
Delusional disorder
Delusions in the absence of diagnostic criteria for Schizophrenia
Schizophreniform disorder
Schizophrenia that is shorter duration with symptoms lasting 1-5 months
Old Antipsychotic med with horrible side effects that includes extreme photosensitivity and can even turn skin blue
Chlorpromazine aka Thorazine
EtOH abstinence drugs that are not metabolized by the liver
Chlordiazepoxide. Lorazepam
ECT most common side effect and drug to treat it
Headache. Ketorolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indicated for short-term management of moderate to severe pain.
Cyclothymic disorder
mild form of bipolar disorder in which a person has mood swings over a period of at least 2 years that go from mild depression to emotional highs.
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease diagnosis
14- 3- 3 protein in CSF
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease symptoms
rapidly progressing dementia, myoclonus, visual or cerebellar dysfunction, pyramidal or extrapyramidal signs, and akinetic mutism.
Athetosis and common assoc.
hyperkinetic movement with involuntary slow writhing movements: Cerebral palsy and Huntington’s
Anti-cholinergic overdose vs cocaine/amphetamine overdose
Hyperthermia, dilated pupils, tachycardia, delirium are common to both, but anti-cholinergic overdose is dry and cocaine/amphetamine sweat
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome symptoms
extrapyramidal symptoms, hyperprolactinemia, seizures, and tardive dyskinesia usually within a few months of starting an antipsychotic