Diagnosis and Plan
Psych Famous
Psych Tests
Psychopharm
Brand Names
100

A history of a manic episode, with features of psychosis allows us to immediately make THIS diagnosis

What is:

Bipolar I

100

In 1849, an iron rod was accidentally driven through the head of a railroad worker, destroying his left temporal lobe. What was the name of this man, whose resulting personality change is considered a landmark in the understanding of brain psychology?

What are:

Phineas Gage

100

The MMPI is a standardized psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. Which state was this test first developed in?

What is:


Minnesota

100

Your patient with Alcohol Abuse Disorder is hoping for some medication to help them stay sober.

You can offer them THIS first line medication option

What is:

Naltrexone

an opioid antagonist, which reduced the 'high' from alcohol. 

100

Trazodone

What is:

Desyrel

200

You are going to see a patient with 'psychotic behaviour' in the ED. You know there are five criteria for diagnosing schizophrenia. You also know the diagnosis requires at least one of these three criteria to be true (list all 3)

What is:

1) delusion

2) hallucination

3) disorganized speech

200

Daily double:

(If you get this wrong you can’t win the game)

List the 5 FDA approved antipsychotics for treating bipolar depression

1. Quetiapine

2. Olanzapine/fluoxetine

3. Lurasidone

4. Cariprazine

5. Lumateperone

200

The BDI is a "depression inventory" named for an American psychiatrist with what surname and presumably no relation to the singer of '90s indie hit "Loser"?

Who is:

Beck

200

First drug FDA approved for binge eating disorder

What is:

Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse)

200

Amitriptyline

What is:

Elavil

300

A patient has a 2 year Hx of numerous periods of hypomania and depressive symptoms which never meet criteria for hypomanic episodes or MDE.

This pattern is suggestive of THIS mood disorder

What is:

Cyclothymia

300

This beloved character is part of a famous children's cartoon with anthropomorphic animals starring a bear with a predilection towards honey. The character in question is theorized by many fans to represent the symptoms of someone depressed.

Who is Eeyore

300

Which psychologist investigated obedience using electric shocks while a professor at Yale?

Who is:

Stanley Milgram

300

Only drug specifically FDA approved for schizoaffective disorder?

What is:

Paliperidone (Invega)

300

Disulfram

What is:

Antabuse

400

Which is the most sensitive and specific lab test for identifying heavy drinking and monitoring Tx?

What is:

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERASE (CDT)

400

What is the name of the 1899 book by Sigmund Freud concerning his theory of the unconscious? Freud wrote an abridged version of this book called “On Dreams.”


What are:

"The Interpretation of Dreams"

400

What “H” psychologist performed a series of experiments on rhesus monkeys, demonstrating the effects of maternal separation, as well the effects of social isolation?


Who is:

Harry Harlow

400

While most medications with psychoactive properties are primarily metabolized by the liver, these two are exclusively eliminated by renal excretion. (list both)

What is lithium

What is gabapentin

400

Trifluoroperazine

What is:

Stelazine

500

A patient endorses a 6 month onset of symptoms of depressed mood, fatigue, sleep deprivation, low appetite, and thoughts of worthlessness. His major stressor is a strong suspicion that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend. You talk to the wife, who says the patient has constantly accused her of cheating with various people over the years, despite never having any proof and consistent evidence against it.

What is major depressive disorder + delusion disorder

500

This influential thinker first made the distinction between dementia praecox and manic depressive psychosis.

Who is Emil Kraepelin

500

This psychiatrist is known for widely adopting the use of single-photon emission computerized tomography to aid in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.

Who is Daniel Amen

(if they list anyone else and prove they also use SPECT, give them the points anyway)

500

Clozapine, a second generation antipsychotic, is theorized to act through novel mechanisms, besides dopamine antagonism, to target symptoms of psychosis. Many newer drugs were developed with these mechanisms in mind, and a few are in the final phases of research. (list BOTH mechanisms of these drugs soon to potentially enter the market)

What is M4

What is TAAR

500

Phenelzine

What is:

Nardil