Wrongs Flashcards
(22 cards)
koro
psychological disorder that is characterized by strong, intense anxiety attacks which appear at any time. The individual fears that his penis is shrinking into his body during these attacks. The patients are consumed by fear and panic during these attacks. Sometimes they also tie strings to their penis in an attempt to stop it from shrinking. It is commonly reported in Southeast Asia
Ataque de nervios
Intense episode in which a person experiences severe anxiety, dissociation, anger, aggression, crying, and other high-affect behaviors. It is most commonly seen in individuals from the Caribbean or of Caribbean descent
Dhat
psychological disorder associated with fear of semen in urine. It is commonly observed in India, and patients fear they are becoming infertile.
Latah
condition in which an individual is hypersensitive to fright
Amok
condition in which an individual exhibits two phases, an outburst of violence and a dissociative phase
Medical concerns in anorexia purging type/bullemia?
-cardiac arrythmias
-HYPOkalemia
-metabolic alkalosis
-increased serum bicarbonate levels
-hypochloremia
genetic marker for panic disorder with agoraphobia
-long alleles of the MAOA-uVNTR promoter polymorphism
**AKA a variation in monoamine oxidase A
Neuronal atrophy and loss of synaptic connections in cortical and limbic areas that could be implicated in depression are due to:
decreased growth factors include BDNF in the pre-frontal cortex and hippocampus
BDNF levels in PMDD
increased during luteal phase
biological reason for mania
Catecholaminergic disruption
biologic reason for bipolar depression
cholinergic dysfunction
mechanism of depression (which areas of brain)
decreased function in noradrenergic locus coeruleus, serotoninergic dorsal raphe and median raphe, and dopaminergic ventral tegmental area
mechanism of Alzheimer’s disease
deposition of amyloid plaques
Pervasive Denial
woman does not allow the reality of her pregnancy to enter her conscious awareness, either emotionally or intellectually
Psychotic Denial
outright refusal to accept the pregnancy, even in the face of irrefutable evidence, often accompanied by delusions
Affective denial
intellectual acknowledgment of the pregnancy without emotional attachment to the fetus
other specified depressive disorder - short-duration depressive episode
-depressed affect with at least 4 of the 8 other criteria persisting for more than 4 but less than 14 days
Other specified depressive disorder - depressive episode with insufficient symptoms
“Depressed affect and at least 1 of the other 8 symptoms of a major depressive episode associated with clinically significant distress or impairment that persist for at least 2 weeks”
persistent depressive disorder
MDD criteria met continuously for at least 2 years
Other specified depressive disorder - recurrent brief depression
depressed mood is present for 2-13 days every month, not coinciding with the menstrual cycle, for at least 12 consecutive months
what is hypoactive sexual desire disorder?
low libido and sexual desire in the absence of any medical of psychiatric condition
