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05/18/2012

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Term
Punishment
Definition
application of adverse stimulus to extinguish unwanted behavior
Term
Extinction
Definition
Discontinuation of reinforcement will eliminate a behavior
Term
Fixation
Definition
Remaining at a more childish level of development
NOT REGRESSION
Term
Identification
Definition
modeling behavior after another person who is more powerful
may be positive or negative
Term
What is the main difference between repression and suppression?
Definition
Repression is involuntary
Suppression is voluntary
Term
What disease is splitting associated with?
Definition
Borderline personality disorder
Term
Sublimation
Definition
Satisfy unacceptable wish with similar action that does not violate values
Term
What are the mature defenses?
Definition
SASH
Sublimation
Altruism
Suppression
Humor
Term
Effects of longterm deprivation of affection in infants
Definition
5Ws
Weak, Weight loss, Wordless, Wanting (socially), Wary
Term
Who is the most likely person to physically abuse a child?
Who is the most likely person to sexually abuse a child?
Definition
Female primary care giver
Male that victim knows
Term
What child age group is most likely to be sexually abused?
Definition
9-12 years old
Term
What is the major difference between oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder?
Definition
Oppositional defiant disorder children do not violate social norms (destruction, theft, physical aggression) in their defiant behavior against authority.
Term
Age of onset, duration, and types of symptoms for Tourette's
Definition
Onset before 18
duration more than 1 year
sudden, rapid, NONRHYTHMIC movements, only 20% have obscene speech
Term
Rett's Disorder
symptoms
population
cause
Definition
Pervasive developmental disorder in girls
starts at age 1-4 with regression, retardation, ataxia, and HAND-WRINGING
X-linked recessive with boys dying in utero/perinatal
Term
Defining feature of Childhood disintegrative disorder
Definition
At least 2 years of normal development then followed by marked regression
Term
Neurotransmitter changes in:
Anxiety
Definition
Increased NE
Decreased GABA and 5-HT
Term
Neurotransmitter changes in:
Depression
Definition
Decreased NE, 5-HT, and dopamine
Term
Neurotransmitter changes in:
Alzheimer's
Definition
Decreased ACh
Term
Neurotransmitter changes in:
Huntington's
Definition
Increased dopamine
Decreased GABA and ACh
Term
Neurotransmitter changes in:
Schizophrenia
Definition
Increased dopamine
Term
Neurotransmitter changes in:
Parkinson's
Definition
Decreased dopamine
Increased 5-HT and ACh
Term
Order of loss of orientation
Definition
Time
Place
Person
Term
Dissociative Amnesia
Definition
Inability to recall important personal information, usually subsequent to severe trauma or stress
Term
Delirum vs. Dementia
Definition
Delirium = acute waxing/waning consciousness with altered thinking/perception, abnormal EEG, usually secondary to something else and reversible

Dementia = gradual loss of memory/cognitive ability with normal EEG and part of irreversible primary mental disease
Term
Illusions
Definition
Perceiving a stimulus as something it is not
e.g. the ceiling light is the sun
Term
What conditions are visual hallucinations most commonly associated with?
Definition
Medical/drugs
Term
What conditions are auditory hallucinations most commonly associated with?
Definition
Psychiatric
Term
What conditions are olfactory hallucinations most commonly associated with?
Definition
Epilepsy and Brain tumors
Term
WHat conditions are tactile hallucinations most commonly associated with?
Definition
Alcohol withdrawal and cocaine abuse
Term
When do you experience hypnagogic hallucinations?
Definition
hypnaGOgic when you are GOing to sleep
Term
When do you experience hypnopompic hallucinations?
Definition
When you are waking up from sleep
Term
Time frame for each of the following
Schizophrenia
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Schizophreniform
Schizoaffective
Definition
Schizophrenia >6 months
BPD <1 month
Schizophreniform = 1-6months
Schizoaffective = 2 weeks of stable mood plus mood disorder
Term
5 types of Schizophrenia and their defining features
Definition
Paranoid = delusions
Disorganized = disorganized speech, behavior, and affect
Catatonic = automatisms
Undifferentiated = elements of all types
Residual = currently not psychotic
Term
Delusional Disorder
Definition
Fixed, persistent, non-bizzare delusion lasting greater than 1 month with no other functional impairment
Term
Folie a deux
Definition
Shared delusion disorder
Development of delusions in person in a close relationship with someone with delusional disorder
cured by separation
Term
Dissociative identity disorder
Definition
2 or more distinct identities/personality states
more likely woman
likely history of sexual abuse
Term
Depersonalization disorder
Definition
persistant feelings of detachment from one's own body, situation, or environment
Term
Dissociative Fugue
Definition
abrupt change in geography with inability to recall past, confusion about own identity, or assumption of new identity
frequently follows trauma
Term
Diagnosis of Manic Episode
timing
criteria
Definition
Greater than 1 week
3+ of DIG FAST
Distractability
Irresponsibility
Grandiosity
Flighty idea
Activity
Sleep deprivation
Talkative
Term
What separates hypomania from mania?
Definition
Does not cause impairment in social and/or occupational functioning
Term
What distinguished Cyclothymic from Bipolar?
Definition
Less severe swings lasting at least 2 years
Term
Difference between Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2
Definition
Bipolar 1 has a manic episode while Bipolar 2 has a hypomanic episode
Term
Major Depressive Disorder
time frame
symptoms
Definition
2 or more weeks with 5 of the following 9 (2 must be depressed mood and anhedonia)
SIG E CAPS
Sleep disturbance
Interest - lost
Guilt/worthlessness
Energy lost
Concentration lost
Appetite/weight changes
Psychomotor retardation/agitation
Suicidal ideation
Depressed mood
Term
What separates Dysthymia from Major Depressive Disorder
Definition
Milder but lasts more than 2 years
Term
Atypical depression features
Definition
Hypersomnia
Overeating
Able to feel better but very sensitive to rejection
more common than MDD
Term
Defining features of the postpartum disorders:
Blues
Depression
Psychosis
Definition
Blues = less than 10 days, tearful, fatigue, depressed
Depression = 2 weeks to 2 months, anxiety, poor concentration, depressed
Psychosis = days to 6 weeks, delusions, confusion, unusual behavior, homicidal/suicidal ideation
Term
ECT
indications
adverse effects
Definition
MDD refractory to other therapy or pregnant woman with MDD
Disorientation and retro/anterograde amnesia lasting up to 6 months
Term
Risk factors for suicide COMPLETION
Definition
SAD PERSONS
Sex = male
Age = teenager or elderly
Depression
Previous attempt
Ethanol or drug use
Rational thinking lost
Sickness
Organized plan
No spouse/childless
Social support lacking
Term
Panic Disorder timing and symptoms
Definition
intense fear/discomfort peaking in 10 minutes and at least 4 of the following
PANICS
Palpitations, Paresthesias
Abnormal distress
Nausea
Intese fear of death/losing control, lIghtheaded
Chest pain, Chills, Choking, disConnected
Sweating, Shaking, SOB
Term
Major difference between OCD and OCPD
Definition
People with OCD see the OCD as being invalid (Ego dystonic), people with OCPD do not.
Term
Difference between PTSD and Acute Stress disorder
Definition
PTSD is more than 1 month
Acute Stress Disorder is 2 days - 1 month
Term
Timing for generalized anxiety disorder
Definition
>6months
Term
Adjustment Disorder
Definition
emotional symptoms causing impairment due to identifiable stressor and lasting less than 6 months unless stressor is chronic.
Term
Somatization disorder
Definition
4 pain, 2 GI, 1 Sexual, and 1 Pseudoneruologic complaint over a period of years
Term
Conversion disorder
Definition
sudden loss of sensory or motor function following acute stressor without much concern over symptom
Term
Schizoid vs. Schizotypal vs. Schizophrenic vs. Schizoaffective
Definition
Schizoid: voluntary social withdrawal and limited emotional expression
Schizotypal: schizoid with some odd thinking and magical beliefs
Schizophrenic: very odd thinking
Schizoaffective: schizophrenic with mood disorder too
Term
Russell's Sign
Definition
Dorsal hand calluses seen in bulimia from inducing vomiting
Term
Typical weights of anorexics and bulimics
Definition
Anorexics =<85% ideal
Bulimics = normal
Term
Substance Abuse vs. Substance Dependence
Definition
Abuse = leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Dependence = 3 or more of the following in 1 year
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Using more than desired
Persistant desire/failure to cut down
Significant energy spent obtaining, using, recovering
Important activities reduced
Use despite knowing problems it causes
Term
Order of symptom appearance in DTs
Definition
Autonomic hyperactivity (tachy, trmot, anxiety, seizures)
Psychotic symptoms (hallucinations, delusions)
Confusion
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