SSI
True or false: In somatic symptom disorder, symptoms are not real.
FALSE
This is the most common cause of DID, often occurring during early childhood.
Severe trauma or abuse
Past traumatic event causes recurrent mental and physical distress
PTSD
Most commonly used mood stabilizer for bipolar disorder
Lithium
What age group has the highest rate of suicide?
85+
Faking symptoms for secondary gain such as money
Malingering
The previous name for DID
Multiple personality disorder
Recent traumatic event causes recurrent mental and physical distress
Acute Stress Disorder
Period of abnormally elevated, extreme changes in mood or emotions, energy level or activity level that is less intense than mania
Hypomania
Treatment for severe depression that involves applying a small electrical stimulus to your brain to trigger a brief, controlled seizure.
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Risk factors for developing SSI
Assigned female at birth; comorbidity of anxiety or depression; having a medical condition or recovering from one past trauma or violence
Finding unfamiliar clothes in closet, being called unfamiliar name by stranger and periods of lost time
Signs of DID
The most effective treatment for PTSD
Exposure therapy
Severe N&V; tremors; confusion; vision changes
Symptoms of lithium toxicity
Black box warning on all antidepressants
Risk for suicide
Cognitive behavior therapy and medication
treatment for SSI
Inability to recall personal information often occurring after traumatic event
Fugue state or dissociative anmesia
Dreams and flashbacks months to years after a traumatic event (diagnostic cluster)
Re-experiencing the trauma
True/False: Psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for bipolar disorder during a manic phase.
False
SIGECAPS
Symptoms to assess in a patient with depression (Sleep, Interest, Energy, Concentration, Appetite, Psychomotor, Suicidal ideation)
A patient seems unconcerned or indifferent to signs and symptoms they are experiencing
La Belle Indifference
A patient states, “I feel as if I’m living in a fuzzy dream state.”
Derealization
Victims of _____ are at highest risk for developing PTSD
Rape
Second only to major depression as cause of worldwide disability
Bipolar disorder
Neurotransmitters involved in mood regulation
serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine