UWorld Review

Question 1

Short acting benzodiazepines

Answer 1

LOT

Lorazepam, oxazepam, and temazepam

Question 2

Person in alcohol withdrawal, what is the best treatment choice?

Answer 2

Short acting benzo to avoid taxing the liver

Question 3

Paranoid

Answer 3

Suspicious, distrustful, hypervigilant

Question 4

Schizoid

Answer 4

Loner, detached, unemotional

Question 5

Schizotypal

Answer 5

Unusual thoughts, perceptions, behaviors

Question 6

Difference between schizoid and schizotypal

Answer 6

Schizoid is a loner, schizotypal has more TYPical schizophrenic thoughts

Question 7

Antisocial

Answer 7

Law braking, violations of rights, disregard for other people

Question 8

Borderline

Answer 8

Chaotic relationships, abandoment fears, labile mood, impulsivity, emptiness, GIANT MOOD SWINGS

Question 9

Narcissistic

Answer 9

Grandiose behaviors, lack of empathy

Question 10

Histrionic

Answer 10

Superficial, dramatic, attention seeking

Question 11

Avoidant

Answer 11

Fears of criticism and rejection

Question 12

Dependent

Answer 12

Submissive, clingy, needs a person to take care of them

Question 13

Obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Answer 13

Rigid, controlling, perfectionist, doesnt see a problem with their behavior whereas an OCD patient would see their behavior as a problem

Question 14

How many trials of an antidepressant class should you do before you switch?

Answer 14

2. For example go through 2 SSRIs before you swap to another class

Question 15

How do you differentiate Parkinsonian dementia from Dementia with Lewy bodies?

Answer 15

Lewy body dementia, the visual hallucinations come first. PDD the parkinsonian symptoms come first