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Freud stages of development

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1) oral - birth to 1 year - dependency
2) anal - 1-3 years - independence, control (neuroses)
3) phallic - 3-5 years - gender and sexual identity, Oedipal complex
4) Latency - 5y/o-puberty - decrease in sexual energy
5) Genital stage - Puberty to adulthood - libido intensifies, develop object relations

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what is this - get a flu vaccine and develop back pain, leg weakness, urinary incontinence

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transverse myelitis - segmental inflammatory syndrome of bilateral spinal cord (immunologic)

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vacuolar myelopathy

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AIDS dz –> spinal cord compression picture - spasticity, gait instability, LE weakness, loss of propioception/vibration, sphincter dysfunction , Babinski signs

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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

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demyelinating syndrome after systemic infection/vaccination that involves whole CNS

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ptosis

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upper eyelid droops

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miosis vs mydriasis

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miosis - constrict
mydriasis - dilate

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does Bell’s palsy affect whole face or partial?

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entire face (unilaterally) whereas stroke only affects upper face

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one of the most common causes of opsoclonus-myoclonus of the infant is

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neuroblastoma (lesion to the pons)

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most common primary brain tumor in patients over 60

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glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)

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Patients with OCD have anomalies in

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Caudate, thalamus, orbitofrontal cortex

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Anton’s syndrome

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stroke to bilteral occipital lobe - cortical blindness

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most common CNS cancer for AIDS patients

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lymphoma

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highest rate of synapse formation in the brain takes place when

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as a toddler

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most frequent opportunisitic CNS infection in AIDS patient

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CNS toxoplasmosis

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most common spinal cord pathology in AIDS patient

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vacuolar myelopathy

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Devic’s disease

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variant of MS, neuromyeltiis optica

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CJD, Kuru, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheniker, fatal familial insomnia are also diseases of

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prions

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what is this - headache, ipsilateral Horner’s syndrome, contralateral hemiparesis

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Carotid artery occlusion

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Bell’s palsy most often due to what infection

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Herpes simplex virus

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what is this - paresthesias, fever, HA –> pharnygeal spasms –> seizures, coma, death

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rabies

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Hirano bodies seen in which diseases

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CJD and Alzheimer’s

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pancreatic cancer most associated with which mental health h/o

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Depression

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test of choice when youre worried about spinal cord compressions

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Spine MRI

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can you subpoena the medical chart and/or psychotherapy notes?

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just the medical chart, not psychotherapy notes

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Balint syndrome
ischemic strokes to bilateral parietal-occipital lobes delirium, peduncular hallucinosis, gaze palsy, ocular apraxia, otpic ataxia, simultanagnosia
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What is a feature of Anton's syndrome?
confabulation, lack of insight
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one of the first manifestations of inhalant abuse
polyneuropathy
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what organs damaged with inhalant abuse
renal failure, hepatic failure, bone marrow suppression, brain damage
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Meige's syndrome
blepharospasm (involuntary eye blinking) and oromandibular dystonia
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Ford v Wainwright
patients need to be competent to be executed
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issue of scanning speech is lesion to
the cerebellum (form of ataxic dysphasia that causes choppy speech)
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aphemia
motor speech disorder of near muteness nl reading/writing/comprehension
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how to differentiate between lethargy, stupor, coma, and persistent vegetative state
lethargy- sleepy, but arousable with stimulation stupor- unresponsive but arousable with repeated stimulation coma - unarousable unresponsiveness PVS - lose cognitive functioning
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how is the prognosis in conversion disorder
excellent - 90-10% in remission w/in a month
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what is the least anticholinergic TCA
desipramine
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what age can baby climb stairs
18 months
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treatment for exhibitionism
medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo Provera)
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name of sign when you test a patient suspected of psychogenic hemiparesis
Hoovers sign
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only true nero emergency that requires MRI
epidural spinal cord compression
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vagal nerve stimulation treatment for refractory
Seizures and MDD
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can carbamazapine be used for alcohol withdrawal
yes
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You hear a bruit in the head when auscultating. what does this signify?
AVM
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Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome
childhood onset dementia and parkinsonism - free iron build up in basal ganglia
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what type of amnesia in alcoholic blackouts
anterograde- cant form new memories
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subacute combined degeneration is lesion to what due to what
lateral and posterior columns of spinal cord --> upper motor neuro signs, loss of propioception/vibration b12 deficiency
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what happens if you give carbamazepine and fluconazole
increased carbamazepine level decreased fluoconazole level
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INH can cause deficiency in what
vitamin B6
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Mirtazapine MOA
blocks presynaptic alpha 2 receptors --> stop feedback inhibition on release of NE and serotonin into cleft --> more NE and serotonin in synapse
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side effects of fluoxetine that set it apart from other SSRIs
headache anxiety respiratory complaints
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identity diffusion
failure to develop cohesive self or self-awareness
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who has bipolar d/o more- men or women
equal
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first test if child is not speaking yet
check hearing
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niacin deficiency triad
diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis
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vitamin E deficiency triad
neuropathy, retinopathy, areflexia
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Pimozide
dopamine antagonist used in treatment of Tourette's
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on which chromosome is the gene for amyloid precursor protein found
21
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what happens when patient put on carbamazapine and ertyhroymcin
carbamazepine levels go up
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best treatment for atypical depression
MAOIs
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can people recall dreams in sleep terrors?
no
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genital related side effect of thioridazine
retrograde ejaculation
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most common neurological manifestation of neurosarcoidosis
cranial neuropathies (ie. facial nerve palsy)
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Kleine-Levin syndrome
hypersomnia, apathy/depression, irritability, voracious eating, sexual disinhibition, psychosis, disorientation, memory impaired, incoherent speech starts in teens, ends in 40s

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