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USMLE Psych Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Discontinue reinforcement leading to behaviour elimination

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Extinction

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2
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Do something to stop unpleasant stimulus

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Negative reinforcement

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3
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Transferring avoided ideas and feelings to a neutral person

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Displacement

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4
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Temporary, drastic change in personality, memory, consciousness, motor behaviour to avoid emotional stress

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Dissociation

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5
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Modeling behaviour after another person who is more powerful

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Identification

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6
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Separating feelings from ideas and events

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Isolation of affect

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7
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Attributing an unacceptable internal impulse to an external source

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Projection

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Replacing a warded-off idea or feeling by an unconscious emphasis on the opposite

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Reaction formation

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9
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Believing that people are either all good or all bad at different times due to intolerance of ambiguity.

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Splitting

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10
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Order of loss of orientation?

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Time, place, person

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11
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Hallucinations upon falling asleep

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Hypnagogic

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12
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Hallucinations upon waking up

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Hypnapompic

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13
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Tactile hallucinations are seen in what condition?

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Alcohol withdrawal (sensation of bugs crawling under the skin)

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14
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What is dysthymia?

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Mild depression lasting more than two years

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15
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What is cyclothymic disorder?

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Mild depression with hypomania for at least two years

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16
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How long does a delusion have to last for it to be a delusional disorder?

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1 month

17
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How long before you can dx schizophrenia?

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6 months

18
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How long before you can diagnose mania?

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1 week

19
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How long before you can dx MDD?

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2 weeks

20
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What are the features of pathologic grief?

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> 6 months, fulfills MDD criteria, +/- psychosis

21
Q

When is ECT used?

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Refractory depression, depression with psychosis, acutely suicidal patients

22
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Generalized anxiety disorder vs adjustment disorder?

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Adjustment disorder 6 months, no ID’ed stressor

23
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How long before you can dx PTSD?

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1 month

24
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What is schizoaffective disorder and how long til you can dx?

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Two weeks, psychosis with superimposed depression or mania.

25
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Euphoria, grandiosity, pupillary dilation, prolonged wakefulness and attention. Intoxication with?

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Amphetamines

26
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Belligerence, impulsivity, tachycardia, homicidality, psychosis, delirium, seizures. Intoxication with?

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PCP

27
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Perceptual distortions, depersonalization, anxiety, paranoia, psychosis. Intoxication with?

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LSD

28
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How long to dx PTSD?

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> 1 month

29
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How long to dx generalized anxiety disorder?

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6 months

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