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How is major depression diagnosed?

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Need 5 SIGE CAPS for >2 weeks

Sleep disturbances (wake in early AM)
Interest/Libido loss
Guilt
Energy loss

Concentration loss
Appetite loss
Psychomotor agitation
Suicide (hopelessness)

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What is autism?

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Repetitive movements
Lack of verbal skills and bonding
Sx since birth

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What is Asperger’s?

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Good communication
Impaired relationships
No mental retardation

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What is Rett’s?

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Only in girls
Decreased head growth
Lose motor skills
Hand-wringing
Normal until 5 years

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What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder?

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Develop normally for first 2 years, then behave autistic

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What is Selective Mutism?

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Kid talks sometimes

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What is Separation Anxiety Disorder?

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Kid screams when mom leaves

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What is Conduct Disorder?

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Aggressive
Disregard for rules
No sense of guilt
Harm animals
Illegal activity “bite”

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What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

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Defiant
Non compliant
Directed at authority “bark”

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What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?

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Overactivity
Difficulty in school

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What is Dysthymia?

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Low level sadness >2 yr

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What is Cyclothymia?

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Dysthymia w/ hypomania

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What is Double Depression?

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Depression followed by dysthymia

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What is Bipolar I?

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Depression
Mania (psychosis)

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What is Bipolar 2?

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Depression
Hypomania (no psychosis)

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What are loose associations?

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Ideas switch subjects
Incoherent

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What is Tangentiality?

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Wanders off the point

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What is Circumstantiality?

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Digresses, but finally gets back to the point

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What is Clanging?

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Words that sound alike

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What is Word Salad?

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Unrelated combination of words

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What is perseveration?

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Keeps repeating the same words

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What is Neologisms?

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New words

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What is Delusion?

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False belief

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What is Illusion?

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Misinterprets stimulus

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What is Hallucination?
False sensory perception EtOH withdrawal Cocaine intoxication => formication
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What is Nihilism?
Thinks the world has stopped
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What is Loss of Ego boundaries?
Not knowing where I end and you begin
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What are ideas of reference?
Believes the media is monitoring you
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What is Thought Blocking?
Stops mid-sentence
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What is Thought Broadcasting?
Believes everyone can read his thoughts
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What is Thought Insertion?
Believes others are putting thoughts into his head
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What is Thought Withdrawal?
Believes others are taking thoughts out of his head
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What is Concrete Thinking?
Can’t interpret abstract proverbs, just sees the facts
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What is Synesthesia?
Smell colors
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What is Cataplexy?
Loss of muscle tone due to strong emotions
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What is a Paranoid personality disorder?
Suspicious about everything, use projection
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What is Schizotypal personality disorder?
“Magical thinking” Bizarre behavior
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What is Schizoid personality disorder?
“Recluse” Don’t want to fit in
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What is Antisocial personality disorder?
Lie Steal Cheat Destroy property Impulsive w/o remorse Illegal activity
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What is Conduct Disorder personality disorder?
<15 yo antisocial disorder
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What is Histrionic personality disorder?
Theatrical Sexually provocative Use repression
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What is Borderline personality disorder?
“Perpetual teenager” Splitting (love/hate) Projection Acting out Self-mutilation
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What is Narcissistic personality disorder?
Pompous No empathy
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What is Dependent personality disorder?
Clingy Submissive Low self-confidence Regression
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What is Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder?
Perfectionist Doesn’t show feelings Detail-oriented Uses isolation
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What is Avoidant personality disorder?
Socially withdrawn Afraid of rejection but wants to fit in
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What is Kleptomania?
Steals for fun of it
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What is Pyromania?
Starts fires
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What is Intermittent Explosive Disorder?
Loses self-control without adequate reason
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What is Pathological Gambling?
Can’t stop gambling Affects others
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What is Trichotillomania?
Pull out their hair
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What is Lewy body dementia?
Stiff, visual hallucinations
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What is Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus?
TrIAD - Incontinence - Ataxia ("magnetic gait") - Dementia
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What is Korsakoff psychosis?
Alcoholic thiamine deficiency
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What is vascular "multi-infarct" dementia?
Sudden onset Uneven progression of deficits "stair-step" decline
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What is Huntington's?
In caudate/putamen Triplet repeat disorder (CTG) Choreiform movements
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What is Creutzfeldt-Jacob?
Prion induced Die within 1 year Post-cornea transplant
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What is Pick's disease?
Frontal lobe atrophy Disinhibition
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What are causes of Alzheimer's?
Decrease ACh in nucleus basalis of Maynert Bad ApoE Amyloid plaques Tangles of tau
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What is Parkinson's?
In substantia nigra Bradykinesia Pill-rolling tremor Shuffling gait Lewy bodies
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What is Somatization?
Think they have a different illness all the time (affecting at least 4 organ systems)
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What is Hypochondriasis?
Think they have the same illness all the time
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What is Body Dismorphic Disorder?
Imagined physical defect
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What is Pain disorder?
Prolonged pain not explained by physical causes
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What is Conversion?
Neuro manifestation of internal conflict, indifferent to disability
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What is Malingering?
Fake illness for Monetary gain Avoids medical treatment
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What is Factitious?
Fake illness to get attention Seeks medical treatment
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What is Munchausen?
Need to be caregiver Mom fakes child's illness to get attention
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What is Munchausen by proxy?
Mom makes child ill for gain Move a lot
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What is Amnesia?
Can't recall important facts
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What is Dissociative Fugue?
No past Travel to new place Usually due to trauma
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What is Multiple Personality Disorder?
Have 5-10 alters Usually associated w/ incest
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What is Depersonalization Disorder?
"out of body" experiences Deja vu
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What is Sublimation?
Substitute acceptable for unacceptable (boxer vs fighting)
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What is Imitation?
Dress like someone else
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What is Identification?
Act like someone else
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What is Idealization?
Wait for "ideal spouse" while they are beating you up
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What is Transference?
Patient views doctor as parent
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What is Countertransference?
Doctor views patient as child
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What is Displacement?
Act like someone else
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What is Acting Out?
Expression of impulse "tantrums"
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What is Regression?
Immature behavior
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What is Reaction Formation?
Unconsciously act opposite to how you feel (ex: tears of a clown)
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What is Intellectualization?
Act like a "know-it-all" to avoid feeling emotions
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What is Rationalization?
Make excuses for all situations
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What is Isolation of Affect?
Isolate feelings to keep on functioning
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What is Suppression?
Consciously block memory
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What is Repression?
Subconsciously block memory
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What is Undoing?
Doing exact opposite of what you used to do to fix a wrong
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What is Compensation?
Doing something different of what you used to do
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What is Sadism?
Gives pain
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What is Masochism?
Receives pain
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What is Exhibitionism?
Exposure to others
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What is Voyeurism?
Watching other people without their permission
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What is Telephone Scatalogia?
phone sex
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What is Frotteurism?
Rub penis against fully clothed women
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What is a Transvestite?
Dress up as opposite sex No identity crisis
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What is a Transsexual?
Gender identity crisis "man trapped in a woman's body"
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What is a fetish?
objects (vibrators, dildos, shoes)
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What does a pedophile want to have sex with?
Children (Watching child pornography)
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What does a Necrophile want to have sex with?
Corpses
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What does a Beastophile want to have sex with?
Animals
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Can you die during EtOH withdrawal?
yes
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Can you die during opioid withdrawal?
no, just very painful

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