Personality & Psychotic Disorders
What type of hallucination is most common in schizophrenia?
Auditory hallucination
What acronym can be used to remember the manic signs and symptoms in a patient with Bipolar I?
Digfast
What is the most common type of dementia?
Alzheimer dementia
What is first line pharmacology therapy for a patient with major depressive disorder?
SSRI
What is the main goal of palliative care?
Quality of life
What is the pathophysiology of negative symptoms in schizophrenia?
Decreased dopamine activity in the mesocortical pathway
PTSD requires a duration of symptoms of how long for a formal diagnosis?
4 weeks
What is the greatest risk factor for the development of Alzheimer dementia?
What is first line therapy for Bipolar I disorder?
Mood stabilizer - lithium
Valproic acid, carbamazepine (others)
Who is most likely to abuse a geriatric patient?
Family member
What are 3 symptoms for the diagnosis of schizophrenia?
What is the SPECIFIC first line therapy for specific phobias?
Exposure therapy
What ethnicity has the highest indicidence of vascular dementia?
Asian
What class of medications is contraindicated in frontotemporal dementia?
What age range is the most common onset of schizophrenia?
Early adulthood - 20's
What two personality disorders are the most difficult to treat and are associated with the greatest risk of self harm, dying by suicide, or harm of others?
Borderline and antisocial
When should follow up occur in a patient who is beginning an SSRI for major depressive disorder?
4-6 weeks
What is the screening test for delirium?
What is the reversal agent of benzodiazepine overdose?
Flumazenil
Wernicke-Korsakoff is caused by what?
Vit B1 / Thiamine deficiency
What specific type of therapy works best for a patient with borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavioral therapy
How long are symptoms present in a patient with acute stress disorder?
3 days - 1 month
What is the underlying pathophysiology of Lewy Body dementia?
alpha synuclein
What is first line therapy for a patient with anticholinergic overdose?
Physostigmine
What are the clinical manifestations of neuroleptic malignant syndrome?
Mental status change, muscular rigidity, hyperthermia, hypertension