Flashcards in Psychiatric Disorders Deck (80)
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What are the two psychiatric disorders?
-Bipolar
-Schizophrenia
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What were the four A's of psychosis?
-Autism
-Apathy
-Associations (loose)
-Affect (flat)
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What are the first rank symptoms of psychosis?
-Delusions
-Hallucinations
-Hearing voices
-Thought withdrawl
-Imposed feelings/impulses
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What are the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia? (5) How many are needed?
-Delusions
-Hallucination
-Disorganized thinking/speech
-Disorganized or abnormal motor behavior
-Negative symptoms
-1 or more
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What are delusions?
Fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence
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What are persecutory delusions?
Harmed or harassed by individual or group
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What are referential delusions?
Gestures, comments, environmental cues are directed at oneself
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What are grandiose delusions?
Individuals believe that they have exceptional abilities of wealth or fame
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What are erotomanic delusions?
Individuals believes falsely that another person is in love with them
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What are nihilistic deulsions?
Involve a conviction that a major catastrophe will occur
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What are somatic delusions?
Preoccupation regarding health and organ function
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In what mental health disorder is somatic delusions common in?
MDD
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What is the age distribution of MDD
Bimodal--20s and 60s
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What are hallucinations?
Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimuli
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What are auditory hallucinations?
Voices distinct from an individual's thoughts
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What is disorganized speech? What must be present in order to diagnose this correctly?
Inferred from the individual's speech and it *must impair communication*
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What is derailments or loose association speech?
Switching from topic to topic
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What is tangentiality or loose association speech?
Answers to questions obliquely related or unrelated
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What is incoherence or loose association speech?
"word salad"--Severely disorganized resembling receptive aphasia
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What are the grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behaviors? When in particular are the noticeable?
Behavior that manifests in a variety of ways from childlike silliness to unpredictable agitations.
Problems may be noted in any form of goal directed behavior including performing ADLs
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Why do schizophrenics smell bad?
They have a disturbed sense of smell
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What is negativism catatonia?
Resistance to instruction
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What is mutism and stupor catatonia?
Ridigs, inappropriate or bizarre posture to a complete lack of verbal or motor responses
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What is catatonic excitment?
Purposeless and excessive motor activity without an obvious cause
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True or false: catatonia can occur in bipolar, depressive, or other medical conditions
True
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Are echolalia and coprolalia forms of catatonia?
Yes
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What are the negative symptoms of psychosis?
Diminished emotional expression--reductions in the expression of emotions in face, eye contact and intonation of speech
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What is avolition?
Decrease in motivated self initiated purposeful activities
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What is alogia?
Diminished speech output--sometimes to the point of mutism
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