Psych Exam 1 Flashcards
(121 cards)
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Neurotransmitter - comes from tryptophan
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Serotonin
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Neurotransmitter - inhibitory & excitatory
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Acetylcholine
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Neurotransmitter in schizophrenia
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> dopamine, possible serotonin
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Therapy that involves pt’s interaction w/ one another to practice relationship skills, give feedback on behavior, and work cooperatively
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Milieu Therapy
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Neurotransmitter - sexual behavior, emotions, regulation of temp, food intake, pain control, sleep/wake
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Serotonin
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Professional who assists pt’s w/ job seeking or retention skills and completing educational goals
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Vocational Rehab Therapist
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The ability of pts, families, & groups to meet the emotional, behavioral, & social demands of life
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Psychosocial Integrity
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Professional who diagnoses the disorder & prescribes medical treatment
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Psychiatrist
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Professional who helps pts find constructive activities for their leisure time
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Recreation Therapist
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Neurotransmitters in Alzheimer’s
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< Acetylcholine
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Neurotransmitters in depression
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< Serotonin & norepi
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Neurotransmitters in anxiety
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<GABA; possibly epi, norepi, serotonin
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Allows person to function well, controls action & perception, develop muually satisfying relationships, mediate ID & superego
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Ego
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Neurotransmitter - sleep/wake, signal muscles to be active, attention, memory
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Acetylcholine
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Neurotransmitter - interrupts electrical impulse @ synaptic cleft producting a slowing of body activity
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> GABA
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Neurotransmitter - increased in anxiety & epilepsy
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< GABA
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Neurotransmitter - connected to delusions, hallucinations, withdrawn behavior
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Serotonin
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Neurotransmitter - pleasure, motivation, cognition, complex movement, emotional responses
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Dopamine
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Neurotransmitter - synthesized from tyrosine
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Dopamine
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Neurotransmitter - invovled in Schizophrenia & Parkinson’s
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Dopamine
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Neurotransmitter - attention, learning, memory, sleep/wake, anxiety, mood
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Norepinephrine
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Neurotransmitter - gastric acid & cardiac stimulation, alterness, allergic reactions
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Histamine
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Most common neurotransmitter
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Norepinephrine
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Unconscious cognitive distortions that help a person to maintiain their self-esteem, sense of control, & coping with stress
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Defense Mechanisms
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Seeks instant gratification, no regard for rules, unorganized reservoir of energy
ID
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Based on pt's unconscious thoughts and memories as the basis of mental illness to protect the pt from harful memories or forbidden desires
Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud)
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Neurotransmitter - excitatory amino acid
Glutamate
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Professional who assists w/ discharge planning and community referrals, psychotherapy;
works w/ families/significant others
Social Worker
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Moral & ethical, follows rules & regulations
Superego
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Inhibitory amino acid
GABA
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Health conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior which include some type of distress and/or impaired functioning
Mental Illness
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Professional that focuses on ways to improve the functional ability of pts using creatve activities in the tx or rehab of disabled people
Occupational Therapist
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Axis I
Major Mental Disorders
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Group not run by a professional - all members struggling w/ the same problem
Self-Help Group
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Provide connections & empathy
| accepts & reinforces strengths while decreasing anxiety
Support Group
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Avoid doing harm to pts
Non-maleficence
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Pt goes off topic and does not give info requested
Tangential Thinking
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Pt's general pervasive and sustained emotional state
Mood
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Use of TV, newspapers, & magazines to help with cognitive defects
Education Group
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Mood stabilizer that functions at the intracellular level, NOT the synapse
Lithium (Antimanic)
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Group that helps pts analyze and enhance their interpersonal functioning
Psychotherapy Group
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Med - blocks dopamine receptors in certain areas of the brain; many side effects
Typical Antipsychotics
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Pt gives excessive and unnecessary details before getting to the point
Circumstantial Thinking
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Making up words
Neologism
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Meds that treat psychotic symptoms - hallucinations, delusions, illusions, paranoid thinking, poor reality
Antipsychotics/Neurolyptics
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The ability to understand the situation correctly and accept responsibility for it
Insight
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False sensory perceptions that the person is experiencing w/o actual stimuli
Hallucinations
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Pt may be fearful and not want to interact
Suspicious Attitude
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The belief that the person has a special power or abilities
Grandiose Delusion
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The belief that the person's body is diesased, abnormal, or changed
Somatic Delusion
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A noticeable speeding up of movement that is usually puposeless, repetitive, non-productive, and associated w/ an inner tension
Psychomotor Agitation
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Faithfulness and keeping promises
Fidelity
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Fair & equitable tx
Justice
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Doing or promoting good
Beneficence
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Affect - expression does not fit the situation
Inappropriate Affect
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Antidepressant - blocks the reake of everal neurotransmitters including norepi & serotonin
TCA's
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Pt's outward expression of the mood
Affect
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The opportunity to express feelings
Catharsis
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5 types of antidepressants
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SSRI
SNRI
NDRI
MAOI
TCA
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Meds used to treat symptoms of dysphoria, anhedonia, < energy, change in appetite/sleep, suicidal thoughts
Antidepressants
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Focus on personal interactions and issues of daily living
Therapeutic Group
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Meds - block dopamine receptors in limbic system & affect serotonin receptors, apathy, blunted affect;
< side effects
Atypical Antipsychotics
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Falsification of experience through the construction of logical or socially approved explanations of behavior
Rationalization
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Disorganized thoughts that move from topic to topic without connection
Loose Associations
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Independence and the ability to be self directed
Autonomy
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Nearly continusous flow of accelerated speech w/ abrupt & frequent changes in topic that are usually connected
Flight of Ideas
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Occurs when a person is unable to decipher what is real and when isn't
Psychosis
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The belief that someone is attempting to harm them, follow them, & persecute them or others around them
Paranoid/Persecutory Delusions
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The practice of telling the truth
Veracity
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A person interacts in a bright cheery way that discounts or minimizes their problems
Superficial Behavior
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The manner or disposition of the pt to the interviewer
Attitude
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Handling emotional conflicts or stressors by temporary alteration of consciousness or identity
Dissociation
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Person believes that insignificant remarks, statements, or events refer directly to them w/ /special meaning
Delusion of Reference
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Unacceptable feelings disguised by repression of the real feeling & by reinforcement of the opposite feeling
Reaction Formation
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Anxiolytic - > effect of GABA to treat anxiety in alcohol withdrawal, pre-op sedation, seizures, mania, muscle relaxant, & agitation
Benzodiazepines
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Axis II
Personality Disorders/Mental Retardation
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Speech stuck on one topic
Perservate speech
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Axis III
Medical Conditions/Surgeries
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Anxiolytic - works on serotonin receptor & helps to < anxiety
Non-benzodiazepine (Busiprone)
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Axis IV
Psychosocial & Environmental Stressors
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Axis V
Global Assessment of Functioning
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Speech not decreased in intensity or pace, continues w/o pauses, usually loud & emphatic
Pressured Speech
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Speech - repeating the same words or movements
Perservation of Speech
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Tx of schizophrenia, mood disorders, cognitive impairment, rage, aggressive behavior, intractable vomiting, hiccoughs, & vertigo
Antipsychotics
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Brief survey assessing symptoms of last 2 weeks on 13 domains
DSM Level I
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Discharging pent up feelings on people less dangerous than those responsible for the emotion
Displacement
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Acceptance of another's values & opinions as one's own
Introjection
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Rise out & help someone else
Altruism
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Meds - treat expansive emotional states, extreme excitement, flight of ideas, > psychomotor activites
Mood Stabilizers
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Med - poorly understood;
| normalize reuptake of dopamine, norepi, & serotonin
Antimanic - Lithium
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Empower pts to self management, provide useful info on stress management
Education Groups
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36 item measure to assess disability among 6 domains
WHO Disability Assessment
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16 questions emphasizing 4 domains
Cultural Formulation Interview
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Mood stabilizer - poorly understood, inhibit kindling activity & stimulating GABA - calming effect
Anticonvulsants
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Meds - cause a release of dopamine & other agents like it so regions of the brain are stimulated
Psychostimulants
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Meds - > attention & concentration
< distractibility, hyperactivity, impulsivity;
tx of ADHD
Psychostimulants
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Meds - < anxiety & insomnia, slow CNS, enhance effects of GABA
Sedative Hypnotics
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Separating an emotion from a thought or idea because the emotional reaction is too painful
Intellectualization
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All antidepressants but NDRI's treat:
Anxiety
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SNRI & TCA interact with these neurotransmitters:
Serotonin & Norepi
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MAOI's interact with these neurotransmitters
Norepi, Serotonin, Dopamine
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Antidepressant group that also treats ADD & nicotine dependence
NDRI
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Antidepressant group that can reverse sexual dysfunction induced by SSRI or SNRI
NDRI
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Sexual dysfunction can be caused by these antidepressant groups:
SSRI, SNRI, & MAOI
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This antidepressant group may cause weight loss
NDRI
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This antidepressant group can also treat pains - chronic, fibro, migraine
TCA
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The side effects of this antidepressant group:
| arrhythmias, anticholinergics, Alpha I adrenergics, histamine
TCA
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Type of TCA side effects - dry mouth, constipation, blurry vision, urinary retention, confusion
Anticholinergic Effects
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Type of TCA side effect - causes orthostatic hypotension
Alpha I Side Effects
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Side effects of this antidepressant group:
| hypotension, palpitations, headach
MAOI
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This antidepressant group may cause seizures
NDRI
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This antidepressant group may cause cardiac toxicity
TCA
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This antidepressant group may cause hypertensive crisis
MAOI
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The 6 SSRI meds (pzpcll)
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Prozac
Zoloft
Paxill
Celexa
Lexapro
Luvox
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The 3 SNRI meds (pec)
Pristiq
Effexor
Cymbalta
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The 2 NDRI meds (wz)
Wellbutrin
| Zyban
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The 5 TCA meds (teana)
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Tofranil
Elavil
Aventyl
Nopramin
Anafranil
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The 4 MAOI meds (m-pen)
Marplan
Emsam
Parnate
Nardil
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Neurotransmitter - influences how we interact with the world
Dopamine
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The only antidepressant that does not treat anxiety
NDRI
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Neurotransmitter - mediates mood & anxiety
Norepinephrine
