Test 2a

Question 1

cachetic

Answer 1

severely underweight with muscle wasting

Question 2

anergia

Answer 2

lack of energy

Question 3

anhedonia

Answer 3

an inability to find meaning or pleasure in existence

Question 4

The Stress-Diathesis Model of Depression

Answer 4

life events may influence the development and recurrence of depression through the psychological and biological experience of stress in some people, which results in changes in the connections among nerve cells in the breain

Question 5

Beck’s cognitive triad

Answer 5

Negative thoughts that are responsible for the dev of depression 1. negative, self-depreciating view of self 2. pessimistic view of the world 3. belief that negative reinforcement will continue

Question 6

Goal of CBT for Depression

Answer 6

to change the way a pt thinks, which will in turn help relieve the depressive syndrome

Question 7

psychosis

Answer 7

total inability to recognize reality

Question 8

delusions

Answer 8

profoundly believing in ideas with no basis in facts

Question 9

halluciniations

Answer 9

experiencing sensory perceptions that are not based in reality (i.e. hearing voices)

Question 10

concrete thinking

Answer 10

overemphasis on specific details and impairment in the ability to use abstract concepts

Question 11

assoicative looseness

Answer 11

thinking becomes haphazard, illogical, and confused

Question 12

neologisms

Answer 12

made-up words that have special meaning for the person

Question 13

echolalia

Answer 13

pathological repeating of another’s words by imitation (seen w/ catatonia)

Question 14

echopraxia

Answer 14

mimicking the movements of another (seen in catatonia)

Question 15

clang association

Answer 15

meaningless rhyming of words

Question 16

waxy flexibility

Answer 16

excessive maintenance of posture (seen in catatonia)

Question 17

stupor

Answer 17

state in which the catatonic pt is motionless for long periods and may even appear to be in a coma

Question 18

avolution

Answer 18

lack of motivation

Question 19

catatonia

Answer 19

extreme abnormal motor behavior

Question 20

ideas of reference

Answer 20

interprets messages of others or gives private meaning to the communications of others

Question 21

neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)

Answer 21

occurs in les than 1% of pts who have taken antipsychotic agents. Characterized by dec LOC, increased muscle tone, hyperpyrexia, labile hypertension, tachycardia, tachypnoea, diaphoresis, and drooling

Question 22

postvention

Answer 22

interventions for the family and friends of a person who has committed suicide. It should be initiated w/n 24-48 hours after the death

Question 23

SSRIs

Answer 23

Citalopram (celexa)
Excitalopram (lexapro)
Fluoxetine (prozac)
Fluvoxamine (luvox)
Paroxitine (Paxil)
Sertraline (zoloft)

Question 24

Atypical Antidepressants

Answer 24

Mirtazapine (Rameron)
Bupropion (Wellbutrin)
Nefazodone (Serzone)
Buspirone (BuSpar)