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Narcolepsy

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sleep-wake disorder characterized by a repeated sudden and irrepressible need to sleep during waking hours

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These are the symptoms for which disorder?
Hallucinations
Sleep paralysis
Extreme daytime sleepiness
Automatic behaviors
cataplexy
REM sleep faster
Insomnia

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Narcolepsy

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What are the two criteria for a narcolepsy diagnosis?

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A - recurrent periods of an irrepressible need to sleep at least 3x week for the past 3 months
B - Episodes of cataplexy, Hypocretin deficiency, or REM sleep in 15min

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Narcolepsy is common/rare

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rare

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Can narcolepsy be cured?

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No

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Can narcolepsy be treated?

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Yes!

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What is used to treat narcolepsy?

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anti-depressants

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Sleepwalking

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repeated episodes of getting up from bed while sleeping and walking around

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Sleepwalking is common/rare

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common

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These are the symptoms for which disorder?
Recurring episodes of incomplete wakening from sleep (during first third of major sleep episode) – accompanied by sleepwalking or sleep terrors
Very little or no recall of dreams
Episodes cause significant distress or impairment
Disturbances are not caused by physiological effects of a substance
Coexisting disorders and medical conditions are not possible explanations for the episodes

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Sleepwalking

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Sleepwalking is more common in adults/children

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children

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True or false: Sleepwalking occurs during dreaming.

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False

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DID

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Person has two different and autonomous personalities called alter-egos.

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What is the assumed cause of DID?

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Trauma

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When is DID onset?

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very young childhood

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The symptoms below are that of which disorder?
– Two or more distinct personalities
– Serious amnesia
– insomnia, depression

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DID

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DID treatment

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Manage stressors
Good suppport system
Integrative therapy
No real treatment/cure…

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Symptoms of which disorder…
- Alarmed about personal health status
- anxiety sensitivity
- repeatedly checking body for signs of illness

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Illness Anxiety Disorder

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Excessive worry about having or developing a dehabilating or life-threatening illness
Absent somatic symboms or just mildly distressing
Must be present for at least 6 months

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Illness Anxiety Disorder

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What are the two types of Illness Anxiety Disorder?

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Care-seeking treatment
Care-avoidant treatment

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What are the treatments for Illness Anxiety Disorder?

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Psychotherapy (CBT)
SSRIs / SSNIs

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Excessive worry about having or developing about having an undiagnosed medical condition

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Illness Anxiety Disorder

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A person consumes and craves objects that have no nutritional value

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Must consume the nonfood objects for at least one month (severe)
The comsuption of these foods has to be detrimental to your development (malnutrition)
Not a part of cultural practice
If it exists in another mental disorder, it must be clinically severe enough to have a separate disorder

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What fraction of pregnant women deal with Pica
1/3
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It is most common to develop Pica during childhood/adolescence/adulthood
childhood
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Treatment for pica
Medical tests, vitamins, psychotherapy
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Factitious Disorder has two types:
Self Imposed on Another
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Symptoms of which disorder: Falsification of symptoms
Factitious disorder
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Does factitious disorder involve malingering?
No
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Risk factors for factitious disorder
Childhood trauma Loss Neglect
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Symptoms of ____ include 4 of the following 6 for at least 6 months: - loses temper -
ODD
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ODD onset is typically from _____ to ______
preschool; adolescence
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Treatment of ODD includes
Parent training Problem-solving therapy Social Skills therapy
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A mental health condition characterized by persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value
Hoarding disorder
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What is the main treatment for Hoarding Disorder?
CBT
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Hoarding disorder onset begins in ______ and gets better/worse with age.
adolescence; worse
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Risk factors for hoarding disorder
Genetics, comorbidity, traumatic life event, impulsive buying habits, SUDs
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DSM-5 criteria for _____: -- Ongoing skin picking -- multiple attempts to stop the picking -- negative impact on life -- not due to another disorder
excoriation
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Onset for excoriation
age 13-15
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Two types of picking in excoriation:
Automatic Focused
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Causes for excoriation
Genetics Changes in brain structure (sensations) Stress, anxiety, boredom
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Excoriation is a type of ____
OCD
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Treatments for excoriation
SSRIs Anticonvulsants Antipsychotics Nutraceuticals
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Persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior leading to significant distress and dysfunction for at least 12 months
Gambling disorder
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Gambling disorder tends to increase/decrease in amount and frequency
increase
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True or false: 75% of those diagnosed with gambling disorder are likely to have another disorder
True
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What is the hallmark symptom of dissociative amnesia?
Memory lapses
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Symptoms of _________ A. Traumatic response to an event that causes you to forget it partially or completely B. Distress/impairment
Dissociative amnesia
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Generalized amnesia
Lose all memories of self
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Women/men are disporportionately affected by dissociative amnesia than the other gender.
Women
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Is dissociative amnesia chronic or acute?
Chronic; once you forget, it's gone. Can't always retrieve memories.
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What is the treatment for dissociative amnesia?
Psychotherapy
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One with dissociative amnesia cannot remember key information about _______
themselves

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