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increased NE

Decreased GABA and 5HT

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Anxiety

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Decreased NE, 5HT, DA

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depression

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Decreased ACh

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ALZ

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increased DA

Decreased GABA, ACh

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Huntington’s

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Increased DA

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Schizophrenia

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increased 5HT, ACh

Decreased DA

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Parkinson’s

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Tx for delirium?

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Haloperidol

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Female pt with regression, mental retardation, and stereotyped hand-wringing

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Rett’s Disorder

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Dementia characterized by?

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memory loss

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Tactile hallucinations seen in?

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EtOH withdrawal and cocaine abusers

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Hypnagogic vs hypnopompic

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Hallucinations while going to sleep vs upon waking up

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Stable mood with psychotic symptoms for two weeks?

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Schizoaffective

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Increase of schizophrenia with use of what drug?

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Cannibis

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Development of delusions in a person in a close relationship with someone with delusional disorder?

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Shared psychotic disorder

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Dissociative identity disorder - associated with?

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sexual abuse

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Dx of mania requires 3 of the following:

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Distractability
Irresponsibility
Grandiosity
Goal oriented behavior
Flight of Ideas
less sleep
Talkativeness
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Milder form of bipolar disorder lasting 2 years?

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Cyclothymic disorder

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MDD Sx?

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SIG E CAPS
Sleep disturbances
loss of Interest
Guilt
loss of Energy
loss of Concentration
Appetite/weight changes
Psychomotor retardation or agitation
Suicidal ideations
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milder form of depression lasting 2 years?

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Dysthymia

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pt with hypersomnia, weight gain, interpersonal rejection sensitivity, mood reactivity (good things make them feel good)

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Atypical depression (most common subtype of depression)

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Postpartum Disorders:

lasts 10-14 days? 2 weeks to a year? 4-6 weeks?

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postpartum blues, postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis

22
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Risk factors for Suicide completion?

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SAD PERSONS
Sex (male)
Age (teenager)
Depression
EtOH/Drugs
loss of Rational thinking
Organized plan
No Spouse
Social support lacking
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Panic Disorder. Must have 4 of:

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PPANIICCCCSSS
Palpitations
Paresthesias
Abdominal distress
Nausea
Intense fear of dying
Lightheadedness
Chest Pain
Chills
Choking
disConnectedness
Sweating
Shaking
SOB
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TX for Panic disorder

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CBT, SSRI, venlafacine benzos

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TX for atypical depression
MAO-Is, SSRIs
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TX for postpartum psychosis?
Antipsychotics, antidepressants
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TX for delirum
Haloperidol
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Tx for separation disorder?
SSRIs and relaxation
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TX for tourette's
antipsychotics and behavioral therapy
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TX Phobia
SSRIs
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TX OCD
SSRI, clomiparmine
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TX PTSD?
SSRIs
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TX Generalized anxiety?
SSRIs, SNRIs
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Somatization disorder?
complaints in multiple organ systems - 4 pain, 2 GI, 1 sexual, 1 pseudoneurologic
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Conversion disorder?
Loss of sensory or motor function after acute stressor
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Cluster A?
Weird - Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypical (accusatory, aloof, awkward)
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Cluster B?
Wild (Bad to the bone) - Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic
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Cluster C?
Worried - Avoidant, OCPD, Dependent (Cowardly, compulsive, clingy)
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"Schizo"s
Schizoid Schizotypical (Schizoid+ odd thinking) Schizophrenic (Schizotypical+ even more odd thinking)) Schizoaffective (Schizotypical+bipolar or depressive mood)
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Russell's sign?
Dorsal hand calluses from induced vomiting
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Drug that causes slurred speech, ataxia and blackouts - indicator for abuse?
EtOH. serum gamma-glutamyltransferase; AST>ALT
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Drug that causes eurphoria, pupillary constriction, seizures - withdrawal symptoms?
Sweating, dilated pupils, piloerection, rhinorrhea, yawning, stomach cramps
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TX for opioid withdrawal?
Methadone, buprenorphine
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Withdrawal can cause life-threatening cardiovascular collapse and delirium
Barbs
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Drug that causes grandiosity, pupillary dilation, increased attention and wakefulness, tachycardia - withdrawal?
Amphetamines. Anhedonia, increased appetite, hypersomnolence
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Drug that causes impaired judgement, pupillary dilation, hallucinations, paranoid ideations, angina, sudden cardiac death - withdrawal?
Cocaine. Hypercomnolence, craving, suicidality
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TX for PCP?
Benzos
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Drug that causes dry mouth, conjunctival injection, increased appetite?
Marijuana

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