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DSM5 Criteria for PTSD

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exposure to traumatic event, intrusion with flashbacks, avoidance, negative mood, hyperarousal, duration of more then 1 month, distress, and not anything else

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Duration of Symptoms for PTSD

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more then 1 month

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Acute Stress Disorder vs PTSD

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3 days-1 month vs 1 month or more, m management of symptoms

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PTSD Symptoms

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nightmares, flashbacks, avoid certain situations, hyperarousal, hypervigilant, anger outbursts

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Risk Factors for PTSD

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history of depression, low education, previous trauma, dissociation, trauma, poor coping strategies

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Trauma-informed care

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need to understand patients life experiences to better deliver care

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Goals of care for PTSD

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reduce symptoms, improve function, regain life control

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What med used for nightmares

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Proazosins

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What is dissociative identity disorder

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mental disorder involving experiencing a discontinuity between thoughts, surrondings, actions, etc

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What is Dissociative Amnesia

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cannot remeber esentail detaisl from their past

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Predisposing factors for dissociatve disease devolpment

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genetics, stress, trauma, abuse

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Depersonalization Vs Derealization

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wathcing a movie of life, perceptual alteration

surroundings feel unreal, dreamlike

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Define personality

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way of thinking, feeling, behaving, unique

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When does personality become a disorder

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long term patterns of behavior and inner experiences that differ from what is expected

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Personality clusters

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A: odd, ecentric, paranoid
B: dramatic, emotional, antisocial
C: fearful, avoidant, dependent

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Risk factors for developing personality disorder

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genetic, enviornment, neglect, abuse

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Tx for personality disorders

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support, therapy, social skills, maybe meds

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What is splitting

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Black and white thining, all good or all bad

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when does anxiety become a disorder

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when it interferes with function, happens at random times, frequency and intensity increases

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What part of ANS is stimulated in anxiety

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SNS: fight or flight increased vitals

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Acute vs Chronic Stress

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reaction to one time trigger
reaction to ongoing trigger

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Panic Attack Symptoms

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sweating, trembling, SOB, chest pain, nausea, numbness

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Obsession vs Compulsion

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constantly thinking about something

constantly needs to do something

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Common obsessions in OCD

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handwashing, praying, ordering, checking, counting, repeat words

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First line meds for anxiety, ocd, panic
sedatative hypnotic benzodiasepins, beta blockers antidepressants like anxialytic
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Somatic symptom disorder vs illness anxiety disorder
somatic: person has focus on physical symptoms illness: worry or fear that you have a serious disease
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Functional vs Somatic
Functional: experience symptoms like weakness Somatic: worrying about getting hurt
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Tx for somatic symptoms
therapy, support care, amitriptyline, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
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what is mallingering
exageration of symptoms to gain beneifts or attention
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factitious disorders and proxy
people pretending to be ill for attention\ proxy: person in control has other person sick to receive benefit
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DSM5 criteria for eating disorders
Anorexia: starved body Bulimia: binge eat and self induced vomiting Binge eating: consuming lots of food in short time More then once a week for many months
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Purging methods
self induced vomitting, ipecac syrup, laxative, diuretcs, excessive exercise
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Normal BMI
18.5-24.9
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Labs to monitor for eating disorders
electrolytes and CBC
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Tx for eating disorders
nutrition rehab, therapy, lexdexamfetamine, anti obesity meds, SSRI's
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Predisposing factors for ASD
genetics, enviornemnt, what pregnant person does (drugs, etc)
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Functional levels of ASD
1,2,3 higher is worse and lower is better, high functioning vs full care
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Symptoms of ASD
social problems, non verbal, repeated speech, adherence to routine, fixated interests, sensory input problems
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Meds for ASD
risperidone, aripiprazole
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DSM5 criteriafor ASD, ODD, ADHD, CD
ASD: social defiect, repetiton, fixation, sensory input problems ODD: lose temper, easily annoyed ADHD: fidgetness, inattention CD: aggression, destruction, theft
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TX for ADHD and side effects
dopamine drugs or norepinephrine side effects are decreased appetite, weight, anxiety, growth delay, GI upstes
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Characteristics of Conduct disorder
repeated pattern of conduct, aggression, destruction, theft, breaking rules
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Comorbid conditions with oppositonal defiant disease
pattern of irritable, angry mood, argumentative, last 6 months
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Comorbidities with ADHD
Inattention or hyperactivity
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What is ACE
adverse childhood experiences traumatic events in childs life, different types of abuse, crime, mental illness, death, etc
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Primary vs Secondary neurocognitive disorders
Primary: problem cuased by brain (alzhemiers) Secondary: caused by illness (trauma, stroke, etc)
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What is Delirium and onset
abrupt change in brain function, onset of hours to days
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What causes delirium
metabolic, endocrine, drug use, nutritonal defect
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Delirium symptoms
disorienation, memory loss, anxiety, confusion
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Reverisble vs Irreversible Brain disorders
Reversible: can be fixed with surgey meds, nutrition, etc Irreversible: cannot be fixed and is degenrative
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Progression of Alzhemiers
Early: short term forgetrfullness, losing track of time, difficulty finding words Middle: difficulty communicating, forgetfulness, behavior changes Late: incontinent, long term memory lose, cannot recognize people or things
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what is aphasia
difficulty speaking, thinkgin of words, word salad
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what is apraxia
difficulty speaking, fine motor skills impaired, cant cay certain things or make noises
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Types of dementia
Alzhemiers: short term memory loss Lewy Bodies: visual hallucinations Frontotemporal: language dysfunction, compulsive, apathy Vascular: impaired function and complex attention
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what is lewy body dementia
visual hallucinations, REM sleep problems
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classes of meds for Dementia
Cholsteratse Inhibitos: prevents breakdown of acteychloine in brain NMDA antagonists: block toxic effects of excess glutamate
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Side effects of meds for dementia
GI upet, dizziness, headache

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