Method used to help people learn more desirable behaviors.
Operant Conditioning
What is the defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously pushes distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings out of their conscious awareness?
What is Repression
This is the leading risk factor for dissociative disorders
what is trauma
How long does Mania last for
1 week or more
What is the FGA of choice in pregnancy
When Jodi first saw the counsellor, she began to shiver and speak softly. The counsellor looked like her abusive father. What is this phenomenon
Transference
A person who is struggling with their own feelings of inadequacy accuses their coworkers of being incompetent
What is projection
What does EMDR stand for
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
What is the therapeutic range of Depakote
60-120
What does RID stand for?
Relative Infant Dose
This Therapy follows a manual and gives homework; it focuses on the patient's current symptoms & problems by examining the connection between thoughts & behaviors
What is CBT
a person unconsciously transforms negative thoughts or feelings into their opposite, such as turning love into hate?
What is reaction formation
overactive in response to fearful stimuli.
what is the amygdala
The presence of coarse tremor, NVD, confusion, ataxia, slurred speech, lethargy
lithium toxicity
This medication is not recommended for pregnant and women of child bearing age?
What is Depakote.
What are id, ego, and superego?
Id - Impulses
Ego - Rationale
Superego - Ideals
What are the 3 types of defense mechanisms?
An out of body experience
what is depersonalization
What are the main differences between bipolar 1, bipolar 2 and cyclothymic disorder
mania vs. hypomania vs. no criteria met for hypomania/mdd
What is an advantage of using an LAI during pregnancy
continuous steady dose
compliance
What does Dialectical mean?
Dialectical = two opposite ideas can be true at the same time.
Defense mechanisms are unconscious processes used by this to protect oneself & relieve anxiety by keeping conflicts out of awareness
What is the ego
He had no memories about his life before waking up on a park bench. He was clear and coherent except for his loss of memory. John Doe was eventually identified. He was 500 miles away from home and his wife had reported him as missing two days earlier. John Doe had been criminally charged or embezzling. This stress could have cause what to whom?
What is Dissociative fugue
What action may decrease blood concentrations of olanzapine
Increases activity CYP1A2, - smoking cigarettes
Name 3 strategies of SSRI use for PMDD
Continous
Intermittent
Luteal