Diagnostic Debates
Considered diagnosis of "worry warts"
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This class of medications are considered first line for PTSD, GAD and PD
What are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)?
For aerephobia (fear of airplanes) what counseling method will you refer patients to?
Exposure Therapy
Looks like dissociation, but an ecelectroencephalogram (EEG) says otherwise.
What is an absence seizure?
This 1990s film staring Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder brought attention to the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder?
Girl, Interrupted
The most common anxiety disorder easily treated with exposure therapy and/or prn psychotropics.
What is a specific phobia?
Ideal for specific phobias, allowable for panic attacks and contraindicated with PTSD & dissociation
What are benzodiazepines?
This therapy style uses rapid eye movements to facilitate processing of trauma
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
Have too much of me and as you withdraw it may look like PTSD
What is ETOH withdrawal?
This 1970s film with Jack Nicholson portrayed a dire and exaggeratedly bleak view of electro convulsive therapy?
One Flew Over The Coo-Coo's Nest
Duration of time after which acute stress disorder becomes post-traummatic stress disorder
What is one month?
Alpha-1 adrenergic receptor FDA approved for nightmares
What is prazosin (Minipress)?
Despite being a laid-back person, this malignancy has me on a panic-attack rollercoaster.
What is a pheochromocytoma?
This poet and author shared her struggles with depression and ultimately succomed to a suicide attempt. Her works include Ariel & The Bell Jar.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
This anxiety may be thought of as "anxiety about anxiety"
What is panic disorder?
The most anticholinergic of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) but FDA approved for both Social Anxiety Disorder and PTSD
What is paroxetine (Paxil)?
A neuro condition often co-morbid with PTSD and if present may worsen symptomatology
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
Who is Lady Gaga?
This DSM diagnosis is a perceptual disturbance phenomena that arises from a response to stress. It is part of PTSD and Panic Disorder but is only a stand alone diagnosis when other psychiatric conditions are not present.
Derealization/depersonalization
This medication is a serotonergic agent useful for generalized anxiety disorder but may worsen panic disorder due to activating the locus coreleaus
Busprione (Buspar)
Like PTSD, this cardiovascular complication which may cause panic, insomnia, hypervigilance and cognitive symptoms.
What is postural orthostatic tachycardia symptom (POTS)?
This female athlete raised awareness of sexual assault and ADHD when she made the controversial decision to withdraw from a global competition due to mental health reasons.
Who is Simone Biles?