Is That Even Legal?
A patient is brought to the ED after overdosing on a bottle of prescribed medication. She acknowledges that she was trying to commit suicide, but refuses psychiatric hospitalization. In deciding whether or not to involuntarily admit the patient, the psychiatrist utilizes this ethical principle to justify his decision.
What is beneficence?
A 72 year old patient with profound sensory ataxia, loss of vibratory sensation, and cognitive issues most likely has a nutritional deficiency of this vitamin.
What is cobalamin (B12)?
This is the easiest biological drug testing method for a patient to falsify.
What is urine analysis (UDS)?
This SSRI has the strongest association with birth defects.
What is Paxil (paroxetine)?
This is the area of the brain that is consistently activated on fMRI by subliminal presentation of emotional faces.
What is the amygdala?
This was the document that first articulated internationally accepted standards for ethically conducting research in humans.
What is the Nuremberg Code?
This is the electrolyte abnormality most commonly associated with MDMA use.
What is hyponatremia?
This is the period of time at which withdrawal symptoms peak in chronic heroin users.
What is 36 hours?
This genetic syndrome is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disabilities in children.
What is Fragile X?
This area of the brain contains dopaminergic neurons which project to the caudate and putamen.
What is the substantia nigra?
According to the 2010 Affordable Care Act, psychiatric patients cannot be precluded from receiving mental health coverage due to these.
What are pre-existing conditions?
This hormone is released from the adipose tissue to provide a negative feedback signal to reduce food intake.
What is leptin?
fMRI studies show that the highest reward responses in the nucleus accumbens occurs during this developmental period.
What is adolescence?
According to Freud's psychosexual stages, a school-aged boy who teases girls, plays mostly with boys, does well academically, and channels most of his energy into basketball is most likely at this stage of development.
What is latency?
This is the stage of development at which the maximal number of axons and synapses exists.
What is infancy?
Patients in correctional institutions can be forcibly administered antipsychotic medications in three circumstances: emergency situations, treatment of symptoms that threaten the safety of others, and this.
What is to restore competency in order to stand trial?
Foods containing high levels of tyramine are contraindicated for patients taking MAOIs due to risk of this known side effect.
What is a hypertensive crisis?
When administered together with hydrocodone, this anti-depressant reduces analgesic effects.
What is Prozac (fluoxetine)?
This is the stage of development which REM sleep is first evident.
What is prior to birth/in utero?
A 35 year old patient is evaluated for new-onset headache. This physical exam finding would be most suggestive of a mass lesion with raised intracranial pressure.
What is papilledema on eye exam?
A PGY-4 resident plans to incorporate telepsychiatry into outpatient practice following graduation. Medical licensing requirements stipulate that the psychiatrist must hold a medical license here.
What is only in the state where the patient is located?
Patients taking Latuda (lurasidone) should be advised to avoid consumption of this food, which can increase the likelihood of side effects like akathisia.
What is grapefruit juice?
This cholinesterase inhibitor, approved for the treatment of dementia, bypasses hepatic metabolism, making it safe for patients with liver disease.
What is rivastigmine (Exelon)?
Children born with a chromosomal microdeletion at region q11.2 of human chromosome 22 are most likely to present with this psychiatric disorder as an adult.
What is bipolar disorder?
Neurogenesis in the adult brain is largely restricted to this region of the brain.
What is the dentate gyrus?