Psychiatry Overview Flashcards

1
Q

How many adults suffer a diagnosable psychiatric disorder in a given year?

A

1 in 4

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2
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How many of those with a mental disorder meet the criteria for a
SECOND disorder?

A

Nearly half

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3
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State which disorders fall in what category in the The 5 Axis

A

Axis I - Major mental disorders

Axis II - Mental retardation, Learning disorders, Intellectual disorders, Personality disorders

Axis III - Physical health problems

Axis IV - Stressors that are not a disorder (psychosocial): Unemployment, environment

Axis V - GAF 🡪 global assess of functioning, Score of how functioning you are now (<40: most people in the hospital)

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4
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Fixed, bizarre, unrealistic beliefs not subject to rational argument and not accounted for by accepted cultural or religious beliefs

A

Delusions

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5
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A disorder of thinking in which associations of ideas become so shortened, fragmented, and disturbed as to lack logical relationship

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Loosening of Associations

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6
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Mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association

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Tangentiality

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7
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Perceived loss of boundaries between self and the environment

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Loss of ego boundaries

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8
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General mistrust or suspicion
Beliefs are plausible but false
Elaborate delusional systems

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Paranoid

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9
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A global reduction in the quantity of thought and thought preservation where a person keeps returning to the same limited set of ideas

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Poverty of Thought

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10
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When a person’s speech is suddenly interrupted by silences that may last a few seconds to a minute (or even longer)

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Thought blocking

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11
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A general lack of additional, unprompted content seen in normal speech

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Poverty of speech

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12
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An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases

A

Verbigeration

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13
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Unwillingness or refusal to speak

A

Mutism

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14
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Making up words

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Neologisms

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15
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A mode of speech characterized by association of words based upon sound rather than concepts

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Clang associations

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16
Q

Stimulus is real, but is misinterpreted

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Illusions

17
Q

Manufacturing a stimulus that is not really present

May be auditory (common with schizophrenia), visual, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory

A

Hallucinations