Mood Disorders
Treatment of choice in bipolar disorder with rapid cycling
What is valproic acid?
This is the recommended first-line treatment for mild to moderate anxiety during pregnancy
Psychotherapy
This substance, when used in adolescence, has been linked to an increased risk of developing schizophrenia
What is cannabis?
This symptom is characteristic of primary insomnia
What is sleep dissatisfaction?
This aspect of ADHD is most likely to improve as children age.
What is hyperactivity?
First line treatment for patient with history of bipolar disorder who presented with immobility, posturing, echopraxia.
What is benzodiazepines (i.e. lorazepam)?
This anxiety disorder is most closely linked to respiratory illness as a risk factor.
What is panic disorder?
Intoxication with this substance presents with dehydration, dilated pupils, HTN, elevated CPK
Preoccupation and fear of having contracted serious disease based on misinterpretation of bodily symptoms despite medical eval and reassurance
What is hypochondriasis?
Psychiatric diagnosis has the highest prevalence in cancer patients, often characterized by emotional and behavioral symptoms that arise in response to a stressful life event
What is adjustment disorder?
The diagnosis in a patient reporting sadness, tearfulness, intermittent insomnia, and passive SI with desire to be with her deceased spouse who died 7 months ago suddenly due to heart attack.
What is normal grief?
This medication is used to treat severe performance anxiety
What is propranolol?
Use of this substance results in hypoventilation, blue lips, pinpoint pupils, crackles on lung auscultation, and mild arrhythmia on EKG
What is codeine?
This is the diagnosis of a patient who terminated treatment with previous PCP "because he didn’t take my concerns seriously." The patient believes he has dreaded illness and stomach cancer, denies all symptoms and labs are normal.
What is illness anxiety disorder?
Personality trait that is independent risk factor for somatic symptoms
What is neuroticism?
The natural course of an untreated manic episode lasts approximately this length of time
What is 3 months?
Neonatal effects of what untreated condition during pregnancy include elevated infant cortisol levels, disrupted emotional regulation, negative behavioral reactivity, and impaired cognitive performance during infancy.
What is untreated maternal anxiety?
Psychotherapy for addiction utilizes a disease-model approach and emphasizes acceptance of the disease and surrender to help beyond oneself.
What is 12-step facilitation?
This condition might a 25-year-old patient be experiencing if they've been referred by a plastic surgeon due to facial swelling
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
Consistent predictor of future suicidal behavior
What is prior attempts?
Hepatitis C treatment with this medication can cause depression symptoms
What is interferon?
The principle goal of the cognitive-behavioral therapy of panic disorder
What is using restructured interpretation of disturbing sensations?
This describes the type of sensory experience of a person intoxicated with a psychomimetic drug who is reporting “seeing sounds” and “patterns of colors like fireworks or colored flames” associated with real auditory stimuli.
What is synesthesia?
Diagnosis in a 40-year-old patient presents with sudden inability to speak following a heated argument. Physical examination reveals no underlying medical cause. The patient writes, "I can't make a single sound."
What is conversion disorder?
FDA requires that generic medications not be significantly different from the parent compounds in this way
What is bioequivalence?