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1
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Best treatment for psychotic symptoms of Catanoia

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Benzos

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What is the first line therapy for acute dystonic reaction?

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IV Benadryl 50mg

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Taking what two medications can increase the risk of QT prolongation

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Effexor and Haldol

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When prescribing TCAs to patients, what medical condition is contraindicated for this type of treatment?

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Hepatic impairment since TCAs are metabolized by the liver

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GEM

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Grief evaluation measurement tool is used to assess for complicated grief symptoms in a mourning adult

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Other than neuroleptics, what other class of medications can cause epse (extrapyramidal side effects)?

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Anti-emetics, anti-malarial, anticonvulsants, serotogenic agents, and stimulants

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Maternal smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy

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Has shown a strong correlation to increased aggression in childhood and adolescence

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opioid antagonist used to treat alcohol use disorder. It is FDA-approved for alcohol use disorder.

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Naltrexone

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used to differentiate psychogenic non-epileptic seizures from epileptic seizures.

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Video electroencephalography

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Present in the third decade of life, are more common in females than males, and are not due to physiological disability to CNS

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psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

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What is the recommended first-line treatment of undifferentiated agitated delirium

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Benzos with the option of Ketamine as adjunctive therapy if benzos are ineffective and the patient is not hypertensive

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Presents with sedation, coma, anticholinergic effects, seizures, dilated pupils, blurry vision, confusion, and arrhythmias

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TCA overdose

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13
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Tinnitus is most strongly correlated with which mental health condition?

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Anxiety

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14
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Sodium Bicarbonate

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Treatment for TCA overdose

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What is the most common emergency caused by marijuana ingestion?

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Panic attack

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Phencyclidine (PCP)

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A.K.A Angel dust is a potent hallucinogen

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17
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NDMA receptor antagonist that behavioral effects resemble schizophrenia

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PCP

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Include rage, reddish skin, dilated pupils, nystagmus, and excitation

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PCP ingestion

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Best drug for methylphenidate poisoning

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Benzos

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Has serotonergic activity and has the potential to causes serotonin syndrome but is considered an analgesic

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Tramadol

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21
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Cause anovulation and irregular menses in females due to decreased FSH

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Increased Prolactin levels

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Most common age group is for fibromyalgia

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females 20-55 years old

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23
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Medication FDA approved to treat adult depressive disorders and aid in smoking cessation

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Bupropion (Wellbutrin)

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24
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Echolalia is considered a disorder after what age?

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After 3 years of age

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25
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Commonly presents in patients with autism, Tourette’s, schizophrenia, dementia, transcortical sensory aphasia, catatonia, and epilepsy

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Echolalia

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May worsen psychosis or precipitate a change to mania or hypomania in bipolar patients

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Paroxetine

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27
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How long does premature ejaculation have to be present to be diagnosed?

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at least 6 months

28
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What is the only fda approved drug for PMDD but not for more than 3 cycles

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Drospirenone with ethinyl estradiol

29
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True or False: Can MAOIs and Cocaine or MDMA precipitate serotonin syndrome if taken together?

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True

30
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Blurred vision, dry mouth, urinary retention, tachycardia, acute angle glaucoma, confusion, and delirium

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Anticholinergic side effects

31
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Approved for long term tx of GAD

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Buspirone

32
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Causes dizziness, headache, and nervousness

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Buspirone

33
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Psychiatric disorder characterized by symptoms affecting sensory or motor function

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Conversion disorder

34
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Combination may have an additive QT prolonged effect

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Escitalopram and Risperidone

35
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What has been shown to be the most effective in the treatment of conduct disorders

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Multisystem Therapy

36
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FDA approved for the treatment of bipolar depression

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Olanzapine in combination with Prozac

37
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Can help tx bipolar depression

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Latuda
Lamictal

38
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Originated by Marsha Linehan

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DBT

39
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Helps with enuresis by reducing urine production

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Desmopressin

40
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What are the risk factors for suicide?

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  1. Previous suicide attempt
  2. Age 45 in male
  3. Age 55 in female
  4. Divorced
  5. Single/Separated
  6. Caucasian
  7. Living alone
  8. Psych disorder
  9. Substance abuse
  10. Family hx of suicide
  11. Recent loss
  12. Male gender
41
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Carotid bruits, fundoscopic abnormalities, and enlarged cardiac chambers

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Hallmarks of Vascular Dementia

42
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Hypnagogic & Hypnopompic hallucinations

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Are sleep related hallucinations

43
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Requires a separate release of information for the release of any information on chemical dependency

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Federal Law 42 CFR

44
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Involves providing resources to those with the least access and the greatest need

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Social Justice

45
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Usually based on smaller sample sizes and fewer outcome events and indicate reduced precision in estimate of effect

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Wider confidence interval

46
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Who is the policy maker deciding who has admitting privileges at a community health care facility

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The hospital ( at the local level)

47
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Process of quality improvement

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Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)

48
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Lithium therapeutic index

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0.6-1.2

49
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Depakote therapeutic index

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50-125

50
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Creatinine range

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0.6-1.2

51
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BUN

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10-20

52
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Pts with which disorder should not be given stimulants because it can potentiate/exacerbate more dopamine to be released thus worsening symptoms

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Schizophrenia

53
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Safer in pregnancy for anxiety

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Buspar

54
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Safest SSRI in pregnancy for depression

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Zoloft

55
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off label use for ADHD

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Wellbutrin

56
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What is the concept of when people engage in self-mutalilating behavior but have no desire to die?

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Parasuicide

57
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What mood stabilizer is also used for trigeminal neuralgia

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Carbamezapine

58
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What factors are different in malignant catatonia vs. Nms

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Echolalia and no med use

59
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NRI, non-stimulant that is FDA approved to treat ADHD in children and adolescences

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Viloxazine (Qelbree)

60
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Can treat premature ejaculation

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SSRIs

61
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FDA approved to improve depression in patients with fibromyalgia

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Cymbalta; SNRIs

62
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Which mood stabilizer causes the least weight gain

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Lamictal

63
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Which is the least sedating antipsychotic?

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Abilify

64
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Antipsychotics that cause the least weight gain

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ZAL (Ziprasidone, Apriprazole, Lurasidone)

65
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What medications are known for decreasing effectiveness of oral contraceptives

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Tegretol, Topiramate, Dilantin

66
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How can depression present differently in adolescence

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Presents as anger and irritability

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