Neuroscience
Alcohol and benzodiazepines are both agonists of this neurotransmitter.
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
This type of therapy can be used to treat many disorders, can last weeks to months, and involves setting an agenda and assigning homework to complete between sessions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
This is the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia.
CBT for insomnia
A person with this diagnosis may have salivary gland enlargement, dental caries, and callouses on their hand.
Bulimia nervosa
This diagnosis is characterized by a preference for being alone and having a restricted range of affect.
Schizoid personality disorder
These two are found in postmortem biopsy of a person with Alzheimer disease.
beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
If I struggle with impulse control, interpersonal relationships, emotional regulation, and self-harm behaviors, I will likely benefit from this type of psychotherapy.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
This medication is an orexin receptor antagonist and is used in the treatment of insomnia.
suvorexant
A person with this diagnosis can experience amenorrhea, cold intolerance, hypotension, and bradycardia.
Anorexia nervosa
A common defense mechanism characterized by all-or-nothing/black-and-white thinking.
Splitting
This dopamine pathway mediates the extrapyramidal side effects seen with antipsychotic medications.
Nigrostriatal pathway
This is recommended for the treatment of certain mood disorders and should be delivered at 10,000 lux for at least 30 minutes.
Light therapy
This sleep disorder has a higher likelihood of occurring with certain neurodegenerative disorders.
REM sleep behavior disorder
BMP can reveal a hypochloremic hypokalemic alkalosis due to this eating behavior.
purging by vomiting
Social anxiety disorder would be on a differential with this diagnosis.
Avoidant personality disorder
Somebody who has experienced progressive cognitive decline, visual hallucinations, gait instability, and tremors would have neuronal loss in this brain structure.
substantia nigra
In Freud's structure of the human psyche, this is the unconscious instinctual component of our personality.
Id
A hallucination that is experienced as one is falling asleep.
Hypnagogic hallucination
This is a dangerous and potentially lethal complication due to hypokalemia in both anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
cardiac arrhythmias
This is the only personality disorder that requires a previous diagnosis to be present for its diagnosis.
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)
Atypical or second-generation antipsychotics differ from typical antipsychotics in that they block this type of receptor in addition to D2 receptors.
5HT-2A
Important to consider in any therapeutic relationship, this is the projection of unconscious feelings about important people in our lives onto the patient.
Countertransference
This sudden loss of muscle tone can occur in patients who have excessive daytime sleepiness and fall asleep at inappropriate times.
Cataplexy
A patient with recurrent episodes of eating an excessive amount of food with a lack of control might benefit from treatment with this FDA-approved medication.
lisdexamfetamine
A person with histrionic personality disorder is likely to use this defense mechanism.
Regression