History of Psychiatry
The inventor of DBT
Who is Marsha Linehan?
The belief that friends/family members have been replaced by a physically identical imposter
What is capgras delusion?
The depression treatment that eventually killed Friend's actor Matthew Perry?
What is ketamine?
What was the last Canadian long-term psychiatric hospital (previously known as a "mental asylum") to close?
What is Riverview?
The word "schizophrenia" comes from which Greek phrase?
What is "split mind"?
Belief that one is dying/rotting/missing organs?
What is cotard delusion?
The antipsychotic Lady Gaga endorses?
What is olanzapine?
Which ancient physician linked melancholia to an excess of black bile?
Who is Hippocrates?
The first SSRI that is still on the market today
What is fluoxetine?
Perception characterized by visual distortion with things seeming larger/smaller than they truly are
What is Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome?
Romantic composer who is thought to have experienced bipolar disorder?
Who is Robert Schumann?
Hydrotherapy was offered in some Canadian psychiatric hospitals in the 1900s: True or False?
True--Shall we add cold water baths for patients presenting as manic in ABSU?
The first antipsychotic on the market
What is chlorpromazine?
Belief that one's hand has a life of its own
What is Alien Hand syndrome?
Shakespeare's character King Lear is thought to be a portrayal of what condition?
What is dementia (potentially Lewy body)?
Which journalist exposed horrific conditions in an asylum by pretending to be mentally ill and getting admitted?
Who is Nellie Bly?
Which early psychiatric belief held that the shape of the skull reflected personality traits?
What is phrenology?
Belief in which a person believes that strangers, acquaintances, or even people on TV are actually a single person in disguise?
What is Fregoli delusion?
Artist who is thought to have experienced bipolar disorder and cut off his own ear?
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
What psychiatric emergency indirectly lead to a cap on the number of hours residents are allowed to work on-call?
What is serotonin syndrome? (An intern's mistake lead to a patient's death due to an adverse drug combination with phenelzine. The patient's father sued for malpractice and inadequate supervision of residents.)