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1
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Which cluster would best respond to antipsychotic medications?

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Cluster A

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What’s the difference between schizoid and schizotypal personality disorder?

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Schizotypal has positive symptoms of delusions and magical thinking, ideas of reference as well as the negative symptoms of flattened affect, isolation
Schizoid has flattened affect, but lacks the positive symptoms of schizotypal

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What are ideas of reference

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Thinking that insignificant effects apply specifically for you.

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What makes up Cluster B (Dramatic and Emotional)?

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Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic & Narcissistic

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What characterizes a personality disorder

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Enduring pattern of thought and behavior. Inflexible and pervasive

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What makes up cluster A of personality disorders

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Schizotypal, Schizoid, Paranoid Personality Disorder (Odd and Excentric)

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What characterizes Antisocial Personality disorder

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Pervasive and reckless disregard of others, violations of rules or laws, impulsiveness, deceitfulness

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Narcissistic

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Need for admiration

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What makes up Cluster C of Personality Disorders

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Dependent Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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What characterizes Dependent Personalty Disorder

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Do unpleasant things in order to be with a person. Pervasive submissive and clinging behavior

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Does testosterone increase sexual desire in men or women?

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Testosterone tends to increase sexual desire in both men and women

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12
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How many genes are connected to schizophrenia?

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~450

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13
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What is the monozygotic twin concordance rate for schizophrenia?

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28%

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What association is there with the ventricals and schizophrenia?

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They are usually larger

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What is the main drug people are given with schizophrenia?

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Clozaril, Clozapine

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What is the mechanism for Arizipaprozole (Abilify)

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It is a Dopamine 2 partial agonist

17
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What pathway does lithium effect?

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Inosital pathway

18
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What percent of individuals with schizophrenia commit suicide?

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5-6%

19
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What receptor is associated with schizophrenia?

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NMDA Glutamate Receptors
Phencyclidine is a NMDA Glutamate antagonist, gives positive schizophrenia symptoms, used as evidence for this theory.

20
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Of the personality disorders, which is most likely to be genetically related to Schizophrenia

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Schizotypal personality disorder

21
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What characterizes a major depressive episode?

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2 weeks of depressed mood, lack of interest in daily activities, exhaustion, insomnia, hyposomnia

22
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What characterizes a manic episode?

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1 week of irritable mood, distractable, risky behaviors

23
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What percent of people with a hypomanic episode will later have a manic episode?

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15%

24
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Where does seratonin synthesize from?

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Tryptophan

25
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How does cortisol relate to depression?

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Depression also results in higher levels of cortisol.

26
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What is the effectiveness of psychotherapy with Bipolar 1 Disorder

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It can be effective, but it never works alone

27
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Is alogia a positive or negative symptom of schizophrenia

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It’s a negative symptom, poverty of speech.

28
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When does the prevalence of major depression in women exceed the prevalence of major depression in men?

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Adolescence

29
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Why is schizophreniform disorder different?

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Same symptoms, but lasting less than 6 months

30
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What is poor initiation and planning with tasks and what mental illness it is associated with

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Avolition, Schizophrenia

31
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How does depression relate with sleep abnormalities?

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Shorter REM Latency

32
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Does depression result in higher or lower levels of cortisol

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Higher

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