Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Question 1

Which SSRI is contraindicated in pregnancy?

Answer 1

Paroxetine

Question 2

Best SSRI for prego?

Answer 2

Fluoxetine

Question 3

Which SSRI is effective at treating all three clusters of PTSD?

Answer 3

Fluoxetine

Question 4

What’s the minimum duration of symptoms needed to be diagnosed with delusional disorder? What’s the treatment?

Answer 4

Fixed, false beliefs that may be bizarre or non-bizarre in nature occurring for greater than one month. Often resistant to treatment and medication. Can try a low-dose anti-psychotics an anti-depressants

Question 5

Earlier age of onset is a predictor of ——— prognosis in schizophrenia

Answer 5

Worse

Question 6

Duration of symptoms schizophrenia versus schizoaffective disorder

Answer 6

Schizophrenia greater than six months, schizoaffective disorder greater than two weeks(mood disorder with psychotic features)

Question 7

Schizophrenia symptoms

Answer 7

Hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech a.k.a. “word salad“, catatonia or bizarre behavior, negativity, flat affect, Poverty of speech, lack of purposeful action

Question 8

What medication can you add to an antipsychotic to reduce the risk of the patient developing tardive dyskinesia?

Answer 8

Benztropine

Question 9

Cluster A personality disorders

Answer 9

Paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid

Question 10

Cluster B personality disorders

Answer 10

Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissist

Question 11

Cluster C personality disorders

Answer 11

Avoidant, dependent, obsessive compulsive