Addiction Psychiatry
This opioid‑use‑disorder medication can precipitate withdrawal if started too soon after full‑agonist opioids because of its high receptor affinity.
What is buprenorphine?
In psychosomatic medicine, this condition is considered the most common psychiatric syndrome encountered among hospitalized patients.
What is delirium?
This "almond-shaped" structure in the temporal lobe is the brain's emotional processing center, especially for fear.
What is the Amygdala?
This neurotransmitter is primarily synthesized in the Locus Coeruleus and is central to the "fight or flight" response.
What is Norepinephrine?
This is the clinical term for the repeated, involuntary voiding of urine into clothes or bed by a child past the age of 5.
What is Enuresis?
This medication reduces alcohol cravings by interfering with glutamate neurotransmission and is often preferred in patients with liver disease.
What is acamprosate?
This endocrine disorder can masquerade as depression, with fatigue, slowed thinking, weight gain, and low mood.
What is hypothyroidism?
This lobe of the brain is responsible for executive functions, personality, and decision-making.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Most of the brain's Serotonin is produced in these nuclei located in the brainstem.
What are the Raphe Nuclei?
To diagnose a child with Conduct Disorder, they must demonstrate a pattern of violating the rights of others before this age.
What is 15 years old?
This medication for tobacco use disorder works as a partial nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist and reduces both cravings and the rewarding effects of nicotine.
What is varenicline (Chantix)?
Before diagnosing a primary psychotic disorder in a young adult with confusion and personality change, clinicians must rule out this viral infection known for causing temporal lobe abnormalities.
What is HSV encephalitis?
This seahorse-shaped structure is vital for the formation of new memories.
What is the Hippocampus?
This system, including the cingulate gyrus and fornix, is considered the "emotional brain."
What is the Limbic System?
This attachment disorder occurs when a child, due to neglect, rarely turns to a caregiver for comfort and shows minimal social responsiveness.
What is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)?
New‑onset depression, vivid dreams, and increased appetite are common withdrawal symptoms of this stimulant.
What is cocaine?
(or What are stimulants?)
This infection, sometimes reactivated in immunocompromised patients, can produce psychiatric symptoms ranging from apathy to cognitive impairment and is associated with “ring‑enhancing lesions” on imaging.
What is toxoplasmosis?
This connector between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata is where four cranial nerves originate
What is the pons?
This pathway, connecting the VTA to the Nucleus Accumbens, is the brain’s primary "reward circuit."
What is the Mesolimbic Pathway?
This Harvard psychologist outlined the eight stages of psychosocial development, starting with "Trust vs. Mistrust."
Who is Erik Erikson?
This cannabis‑related syndrome causes repeated vomiting relieved by hot showers or baths.
What is cannabinoid hyperemesis?
A young woman with acute psychosis, seizures, autonomic instability, and orofacial dyskinesias may actually have this antibody‑mediated encephalitis.
What is anti‑NMDA receptor encephalitis?
(also called steroid‑responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis, or SREAT)
Damage to this specific area in the left frontal lobe results in the inability to produce speech, though comprehension remains intact.
What is Broca’s Area?
A deficiency in this enzyme, which breaks down monoamines, has been linked to increased aggression and "Warrior Gene" theories.
What is Monoamine Oxidase A (MAO-A)?
This term describes the phenomenon where an autistic individual repeats words or phrases they have just heard.
What is Echolalia?