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What is Narcolepsy?

Uncontrollable urge to sleep 

100

What do you want to educate your patient who is taking Benzo for panic attacks?

  • Do not drink alcohol 

  • Don’t drive after taking it 

  • Avoid caffeine 

  • Do not take with any other narcotics 

  • Take after meals

  • Wean slowly

  • Can be addictive 

100

What questions should you ask your patient who has Conduct Disorder?

  • Do they set fires often/like setting things on fire?

  • Do they feel the urge/like to steal items?

  • Do they enjoy destroying things/engaging in destructive behavior?

100

What is Stage 4 of Intermittent Explosive Disorder?

Remorse, Regret and embarrassment 

100

What are examples of an Adventitious crisis?

  • Natural disaster

  • National disaster

  • Crime of violence 

200

What can accompany Narcolepsy?

  • Cataplexy - loss of muscle tone 

200

What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

  1. Angry and irritable mood

  2. Defiant and vindictive behavior

200

What is Intermittent Explosive Disorder?

  • Inability to control aggressive impulses

  • Aggression can be verbal or physical targeted towards people, animals, property, or themself

200

What are examples of a maturation crisis?

  • Leaving home for the first time 

  • Birth of a child 

  • Retirement 

  • Death of a parent 

200

What is conversion disorder?

  • Neurological symptoms in the absence of a neurological diagnosis 

300

What are the symptoms of narcolepsy?

  • Excessive daytime sleepiness

  • Bouts of muscle weakness

  • Hallucinations

  • Sleep paralysis

300

What interventions are used with ODD?

  • Parent training

  • Group therapy 

  • Anger management 

  • Head start 

  • CBT 

300

What is Stage 1 of Intermittent Explosive Disorder?

Tension and arousal 

300

What needs to happen during a maturation crisis?

  • New coping skills need to be developed 

300

What are symptoms of conversion disorder?

  • Paralysis

  • Blindness

  • Movement or gait disorders

  • Numbness

  • Paresthesia

  • Loss of vision  

400

What is the treatment of Narcolepsy 

  • Long acting stimulant medication 

  • Napping 

  • Exercise 

  • Diet 

400

What medication is used for ODD?

  • Divalproex 

  • Seizure medication shown to reduce aggression 

400

What is Stage 2 of Intermittent Explosive Disorder?

Explosive behavior and aggression 

400

What are examples of a situational crisis?

  • Loss or change of a job 

  • Death of a loved one

  • Abortion 

  • Change in financial status 

  • Divorce 

  • Severe physical or mental illness 

400

What is La belle Indifference?

  • People casually talking about a something serious that has recently happened 

  • “I went blind three days ago”- with little/no emotional response 

500

Why does a lack of sleep cause obesity/weight gain?

  • Sleep helps balance hormones that make you feel hungry and full

500

What is Conduct Disorder?

  • Persistent pattern of behavior that is usually abnormally aggressive

  • Behavior leads to fights, bullying, intimidation, and coercion

500

What is Stage 3 of Intermittent Explosive Disorder?

Relief and Release

500

What is an important component on how a situational crisis may affect someone?

  • The person level that the crisis affects the person is dependent on their support system around them

500

What is factitious Disorder?

  • When someone makes themself ill to be a patient 

  • Get needs met 

  • Self inflicted illness 

  • Have extensive medical history 

  • Jump around to hospitals