NEURO
THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER IS ASSOCIATED WITH DELIRIUM
WHAT IS ACETYLCHOLINE
THIS BIOMARKER CAN HELP IDENTIFY THOSE WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?
WHAT IS E-4 APOLIPOPROTEIN ALLELE
THIS ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG DECREASES THE EFFICACY OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
WHAT IS CARBAMAZEPINE
THIS PERSONALITY DISORDER REQUIRES A PRIOR DIAGNOSIS IN YOUTH
WHAT IS ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
THIS IS AN INDICATION TO USE PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS IN AGITATED PATIENTS
WHAT IS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
THESE GLIAL CELLS ASSIST IN FORMING MYELIN SHEATHS IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYTEM
WHAT ARE SCHWANN CELLS
THIS IS THE DIAGNOSIS OF AN 80-YAR-OLD WITH VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS, WORSENING GAIT, EPISODIC CONFUSION, SLEEP DISTURBANCES, RIGIDITY AND MASKED FASCIES
WHAT IS DEMENTIA WITH LEW BODIES
THIS SECOND GENERATION ANTIPSYCHOTIC HAS THE LOWEST AFFINITY FOR D2 RECEPTOR
A 27-YEAR-OLD PATIENT TREATED WITH AN SSRI, TRANYLCYPROMINE AND 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN NOW PRESENTS WITH WITH VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS, MILD CONFUSION, MYOCLONIC JERKS, DIAPHORESIS, FLUSHING AND RESTLESSNESS. THIS IS THE MOST LIKELY DIAGNOSIS
WHAT IS SEROTONIN SYNDROME
A person’s inability or difficulty to describe or be aware of emotions or mood
what is alexithymia
THIS DOPAMINERGIC PATHWAY MEDIATES THE NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
WHAT IS THE MESOCORTICAL PATHWAY
THIS IS THE MOST SPECIFIC FEATURE THAT DISTINGUISHES DELIRIUM FROM ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA
WHAT IS FLUCTUATING AROUSAL
THIS OPIOID HAS A POTENTIALLY LETHAL INTERACTION WITH MONOAMINE OXYDASE INHIBITORS
WHAT IS MEPERIDINE
WHAT IS ADJUSTMENT DISORDER WITH ANXIETY
NALOXONE EDUCATION AND ACCESS IN AREAS OF HIGH OPIOID USE DISORDER REPRESENTS THIS TYPE OF INTERVENTION
WHAT IS HARM REDUCTION STRATEGY
THIS BRAIN STRUCTURE IS TARGETED DURING REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION
WHAT IS THE (LEFT) DLPFC
THIS NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION IS MOST LIKELY TO DECLINE IN PEOPLE OVER 65 YEARS
WHAT IS INFORMATION PROCESSING SPEED
THIS IS THE MOST COMMON REASON WHY PEOPLE DISCONTINUE SSRIs
WHAT ARE GI SIDE EFFECTS
THIS PREDICTS BIPOLARITY IN ADOLESCENTS WITH DEPRESSION
WHAT ARE PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS
A 58 YEAR OLD PATIENT WITH BREAST CANCER WAS RECENTLY PUT ON PALLIATIVE CARE AND DEVELOPS DEPRESSION. SHE IS HOPELESS BUT DENIES SI. AS A CONSULTING PSYCHIATRIST, THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESPONSE
WHAT IS VALIDATION
THIS IS THE RATE-LIMITING ENZYME IN THE SYNTHESIS OF NOREPINEPHRINEAND AND DOPAMINE?
TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE
80 yo pt with Alzheimer’s is brought in for increasingly combative behavior. Daughter would like to keep the pt at home if possible. What interventions would be most helpful in this situation?
Assess for caregiver burnout/support
A 25-YEAR-OLD HOSPITALIZED FOR AN ACUTE PSYCHOTIC BREAK BEGINS TO COMPLAIN OF SPEECH DIFFICULTIES. PHYSICAL EXAM REVEALS EYES DEVIATED TO THE UPPER RIGHT, GRIMACING AND POSTURING OF THE ARMS. HE WAS GIVEN HALOPERIDOL AND CLONAZEPAM. THIS IS THE MOST HELPFUL TREATMENT
WHAT IS DIPHENHYDRAMINE
THIS SYNDROME IS ASSOCIATED WITH VI CRANIAL NERVE PALSY
WHAT IS WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY
55 yo diplopia when looking right, drooping of left eyelid, and drooping L eye, symptoms better in the morning
what is Myasthenia Gravis