Disorders
These disorders are characterized by gradual deterioration of brain functioning that affects judgment, memory, language, and other advanced cognitive processes.
What are neurocognitive disorders?
A psychotic symptom involving disorder of thought content and the presence of strong beliefs that are a misrepresentation of reality.
What is a delusion?
These medications are most often prescribed for the treatment of psychotic issues such as schizophrenia. These drugs fall into two categories. Examples include: Seroquel (quetiapine), Zyprexa (olanzapine), Haldol (haloperidol)
What are antipsychotic medications?
The full title of the DSM-5-TR
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, text revision?
This global guide is used by health insurers for reimbursement.
What is the International Classification of Diseases 11th edition (ICD-11)?
A neurodevelopmental disorder featuring multiple motor and one or more vocal tics with an onset prior to 18 years of age.
What is Tourette's Disorder?
A relatively brief episode of uncontrolled, excessive consumption, usually of food or alcohol.
What is a binge?
A behavioral therapy technique used to diminish excessive fears, involving gradual exposure to the feared stimulus paired with a positive coping experience, usually relaxation.
What is systematic desensitization?
Ways that individuals experience, understand, and communicate suffering, behavioral problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions. There are 3 main types: cultural idioms, cultural explanations, and cultural syndromes.
What are cultural concepts of distress?
The American psychologist that developed DBT in the 1970s.
Who is Marsha Linehan?
These disorders are characterized by the inability to resist acting on a drive or temptation.
What are impulse control disorders?
A sudden, rapid, recurrent nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
What is a tic?
A team-based approach using shared decision-making and an array of person-centered services that help young people experiencing psychosis reach their recovery goals.
What are First Episode Psychosis (FEP) programs? *Coordinated specialty care
The original complaint reported by a person to the therapist/provider. The actual treated problem may sometimes be a modification derived from this original issue.
What is the presenting problem?
The non-DSM category similar to antisocial personality disorder but with less emphasis on overt behavior. Indicators include superficial charm, lack of remorse, and other personality characteristics.
What is psychopathy?
Formerly classified as an impulse control disorder, this condition is characterized by repetitive and compulsive skin picking leading to tissue damage.
What is excoriation?
A situation in which the individual loses a sense of the reality of the external world.
What is derealization?
An evidence-based type of therapy, based on CBT, that combines strategies like mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion regulation.
What is DBT?
A set of protocols that clinicians may use to obtain information during a mental health assessment about the impact of culture on key aspects of an individual's clinical presentation and care.
What is the cultural formulation interview?
The term coined by Emil Kraepelin around 1890 to describe a condition believed to be the early onset of dementia characterized by rapid cognitive decline, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood.
What is dementia praecox?
A rare childhood disorder characterized by a lack of speech in one or more settings in which speaking is socially expected.
What is selective mutism?
A nearly continuous flow of accelerated speech, with abrupt shifts from one topic to another. Individuals often experience this as thoughts racing at a faster rate than can be expressed through speech.
What is a flight of ideas?
This category of psychotropic medication is typically used to treat intense, repeated shifts in a person's mood, which may be common for those experiencing bipolar, schizophrenia, or borderline personality. Many of these drugs are also commonly categorized as anticonvulsant medications.
What are Mood Stabilizers?
A self or informant-rated measure that assesses domains that are important across psychiatric diagnoses. It is intended to help clinicians identify additional areas of inquiry that may have a significant impact on the individual's treatment and prognosis.
What is the DSM-5-TR Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure?
Karl was brought into the hospital by his mother. She is concerned because his behavior has been strange since experiencing intimate partner violence 6 months ago. He has been speaking in a variety of voices and interacting with people in uncharacteristic ways. He even began taking up different hobbies. When she would ask him about it, he could not recall doing anything during these periods of time. Karl was becoming increasingly concerned about these gaps in his memory and have started to interfere with his job performance. (Note: Karl was adopted at age 7 after experiencing childhood physical and sexual abuse that began at age 2). Name the disorder being described.
What is dissociative identity disorder?