Psychology

Question 1

Treatment for panic disorder?

Answer 1

SSRI
tricyclics
benzodiazepines
MAOIs

SSRIs are preferred (sertraline, paroxetine)

Question 2

Criteria for panic attacks?

Answer 2

at least 4 symptoms, peaks in 10 min

Question 3

Criteria for panic disorder?

Answer 3

recurrent unexpected panic attacks

followed by 1 month of concern about future attacks, worry about consequences, or behavioral changes

Question 4

Criteria for generalized anxiety disorder?

Answer 4

excessive anxiety about a number of events (more days than not) for 6 months

difficulty controlling the worry

at least 3 symptoms

Question 5

Treatment for generalized anxiety disorder?

Answer 5

benzodiazepines

azospirones (buspirone)

antidepressants (SSRIs)

Question 6

Criteria for OCD?

Answer 6

obsessions and/or compulsions present

significant disability/discomfort

occupy 1 hour or more per day

Question 7

pathophysiology of OCD?

Answer 7

affects extrapyramidal pathway (basal ganglia)

other anxiety disorders affect limbic system

Question 8

treatment of OCD?

Answer 8

SSRIs most effective (higher doses than depression)

Question 9

Criteria for PTSD?

Answer 9

severe trauma followed by 1 month of symptoms

re-experiencing trauma, avoiding situations, disturbed arousal, negative alterations in cognition and mood

specify: with dissociative symptoms, or with delayed expression

Question 10

Treatment of PTSD?

Answer 10

SSRIs 50% effective

anticonvulsants may be helpful

Question 11

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 11

hallucinations
delusions
disorganization (of thought/speech)

Question 12

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

Answer 12

restricted affect
avolition (lack of motivation)
alogia (reduced speech)

Question 13

What are the stages of schizophrenia?

Answer 13

premorbid
prodromal
onset/deterioration
residual/stable

Question 14

What are the major 1st generation antipsychotics?

Answer 14

prolixin (fluphenazine)

haldol (haloperidol)

Question 15

Major side effect of 1st generation antipsychotics?

Answer 15

extra-pyramidal syndrome (Parkinson-like symptoms)

Question 16

What are some second generation antipsychotics?

Answer 16

-apine
-idone
abilify (aripiprazole)

Question 17

Criteria of Autism?

Answer 17

persistent deficits in social communication and interaction

restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities

symptoms present in early development

Question 18

Demographics of autism?

Answer 18

1 in 68 children

more common in white males

Question 19

What screening tool is used for autism?

Answer 19

M-CHAT

Question 20

Criteria for somatic symptom disorder?

Answer 20

one or more somatic symptoms

excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors

symptomatic for more than 6 months

Question 21

Criteria for illness anxiety disorder?

Answer 21

excess worry regarding mild or absent symptoms

Question 22

Treatment for illness anxiety disorder?

Answer 22

if underlying depressing/anxiety- SSRI

if primary- high dose SSRI

Question 23

What are the two types of illness anxiety disorder?

Answer 23

care-seeking type

care-avoidant type

Question 24

Criteria for conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)?

Answer 24

one or more symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function

incompatibility between symptoms and recognized neurological or medical condition

Question 25

Criteria for psychological factors affection other medical conditions?

Answer 25

factors influenced the course of medical condition

factors interfere with treatment of medical condition

factors constitute additional well-documented health risks

Question 26

Criteria of factitious disorder?

Answer 26

presents himself/herself or another as ill/impaired/injured in the absence of external rewards

Question 27

What is malingering?

Answer 27

faking illness for external incentives

legal definition, not medical

Question 28

Pathophysiology of major depression?

Answer 28

serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine imbalance