Mood, Anxiety, & Traumatic Stress
On the mood spectrum, depression is at the low end and _____ is at the high end
Mania
What are ACEs?
Adverse Childhood Experiences
What is the term for having more than one mental health diagnosis at a time?
Comorbidity
What does schizophrenia mean in Greek?
Split mind
What is the most complicated structure in the natural world
The brain!
What are the two types of exposure therapy?
1. Systematic desensitization
2. Flooding
What are the two main symptom categories of ADHD?
Inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity
During what decade did the opioid epidemic begin?
1990s
Which personality disorder are most serial killers diagnosed with?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Which part of Phineas Gage's brain was damaged in his accident?
Frontal cortex/prefrontal cortex
The client is 27 years old and was diagnosed with major depressive disorder 3 months ago. For the past two weeks, they have been irritable and experiencing insomnia. They typically run 2 miles a day, but lately have been running 8 miles a day, even when it becomes physically painful. Their doctor believes they are experiencing a hypomanic episode. What is the diagnosis?
Bipolar II
What is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder in children?
ADHD
What synthetic opioid is found in many other drugs and has contributed to the most recent waive of overdose-related deaths?
Fentanyl
Jamie is 24 years old. He has an inflated sense of self-importance and is preoccupied with fantasies of becoming the CEO of a Fortune 500 company before the age of 30. He has difficulty making social connections because he believes he can only be understood by other special people. What would his diagnosis be?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Name one of the three main neurotransmitters targeted by psychiatric medications
Serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine
Name at least two of the three steps of cognitive restructuring
1. ID the maladaptive thought
2. Evaluate the accuracy using past evidence
3. Substitute more realistic/adaptive thought
Which type of vaccine was falsely linked to the development of autism?
MMR - measles, mumps, rubella
Priya is 13 years old and has been eating stuffing from her pillows for the past two months. What would you diagnose her with?
Pica
What is the most over-diagnosed personality disorder?
Borderline Personality Disorder
Which lobe of the brain is responsible for processing visual information?
Occipital lobe
The client is a 16 year-old from New Orleans and has been displaced by a major hurricane. They lost their home, had to change schools, and witnessed first responders removing human remains from a neighbor's house. Which of these stressors do we consider most traumatizing?
Whichever event the client considers most traumatizing!
What are the two most commonly diagnosed comorbidities with oppositional defiant disorder?
ADHD & Conduct Disorder
Name one of the two areas of the US that have been most heavily impacted by the opioid epidemic
Appalachia and Tribal communities
Name one of the five subtypes of schizophrenia used prior to the DSM-5
Paranoid, catatonic, residual, disorganized, undifferentiated
What are the two types of Traumatic Brain Injury?
Closed and penetrating