Depressive Disorders
The length of time symptoms must be present for a major depressive episode
What is 2 weeks
The symptoms of this disorder must be experienced within 3 months of the identifiable stressful event
What is adjustment disorder
The term used to describe the need for a person to use more of a drug to get the desired effects
What is tolerance
A diagnosis of schizophrenia requires that continuous signs of the disturbance persist for at least how many months
What is 6 months
Diagnostic criteria includes obvious episodes of depression; manic episodes that are often brief, less intense, unrecognized, and not reported by the patient.
What is Bipolar II
The length of time a person needs to take an antidepressant medication in order for symptoms to begin to improve
What is 2-4 weeks
Distressing dreams/memories are an example of what group of symptoms related to PTSD
What are intrusion symptoms
A disorder that is characterized by anxiety, insomnia, nausea and possibly seizures
What is alcohol withdrawal
Name 2 atypical antipsychotics
Answers will vary. What are Risperidone/Risperdal, Olanzapine/Zyprexa, Quetiapine/Seroquel, Aripiprazole/Abilify
This neurodevelopmental disorder must have symptoms that are exhibited in 2 or more settings
What is ADHD
The two symptoms that must be present (out of 5 or more) to diagnose a major depressive disorder
What is depressed mood and/or loss of interest/pleasure (aka anhedonia)
The length of time/duration of the disturbance someone has to experience symptoms to be diagnosed with PTSD
What is more than 1 month
The severity level of an individual with 4-5 symptoms of substance use disorder
What is moderate
What diagnosis includes a major mood episode AND criterion A of schizophrenia
What is Schizoaffective Disorder
Conditions and psychosocial or environmental problems that may be a focus of clinical attention or otherwise affect the diagnosis, course, prognosis, or treatment of an individual’s mental disorder
What are Z codes
The length of time the following symptoms must be present for and the diagnosis: Chronic low level depression that is present for most of the day for more days than not
What is 2 years and Persistent Depressive Disorder
Diagnostic criteria states that symptoms begin immediately after the trauma but persist for at least 3 days and up to a month is needed
What is Acute Stress Disorder
2 criteria that are used to diagnose a Substance Use Disorder
Answers will vary. What are cravings, tolerance, withdrawal, unsuccessful attempts to quit, etc
Diagnostic criteria includes duration of an episode of the disturbance is at least 1 day but less than 1 month, with an eventual return to pre-morbid level of functioning
What is Brief Psychotic Disorder
Name 3 commonly used medications to treat ADHD
Answers will vary. What are Adderall, concerta, strattera
Symptoms include severe recurrent temper outbursts manifested verbally and/or behaviorally that are grossly out of proportion in intensity or duration to the situation or provocation and are inconsistent with developmental level
What is Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
This medication is known as the “nightmare drug”
What is prazosin/minipress
The number of months a person has to have exhibited symptoms in order to be diagnosed with a Gambling disorder
What is 12 months
2 examples of positive and negative symptoms EACH
Positive-things that are there that shouldn’t be (delusions, impaired thinking, hallucinations, confusion, agitation).
Negative-things that should be there that are not (Flat or blunted affect, poor/no eye contact, lack of motivation, inappropriate affect, poverty of thought, anhedonia, psychomotor retardation, catatonia
Cluster B personality disorders are associated with individuals characterized as emotional, dramatic, or erratic and include which 3 personality disorders
What are antisocial, borderline, and narcissistic, histrionic personality disorders