Definitions
The chemical messengers that turn neurons on and off
What are neurotransmitters
Name at least 3 qualities of a patients speech that we observe during a mental status exam
What is 2 weeks
The month of the year when we celebrate National Recovery Month
What is September?
The most important factor in effective therapy
what is rapport, or the patient-therapist relationship
A person, place or thing that causes you to think about using drugs or alcohol
What is a trigger
The category of evaluating the connectedness (or linearity) of one's thoughts
What is thought process
Substance induced anxiety is ruled out as a diagnosis if anxious symptoms persist beyond this time frame after cessation of use.
What is 1 month/30 days?
The mutual support program for people whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking
What is Al-anon?
The therapeutic technique that places emphasis on conscious awareness of the present moment.
What is mindfulness
The primarily physical symptoms that occur upon abrupt discontinuation or reduction in dose of a drug that had been used consistently.
What is withdrawal
True/False:
Mood and affect are both evaluated by observation only.
What is false:
Mood is directly asked and stated by the patient. Affect is observed by the examiner.
The recurrent pulling out of one's hair resulting in hair loss
What is trichotillomania?
The age at which we believe the brain has reached full development
What is 25
What the acronym, EMDR, stands for
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?
Permanent scarring of the liver caused by alcoholism or untreated viral hepatitis
What is cirrhosis
Name that delusion:
The delusion of possessing superior qualities such as fame, wealth or supernatural powers
What are delusions of grandeur
Name at least 3 symptoms outside of elevated mood that meet criteria for a manic episode.
What is:
1. Inflated self esteem or grandiosity 2. Decreased need for sleep 3. More talkative that usual or pressured speech 4. Racing thoughts or flight of ideas 5. Distractibility 6. Increase in goal directed activity 7.Increased involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences
The receptors where alcohol and benzodiazepines largely exert their effects
What are GABA receptors
The therapeutic technique that facilitates a change in behavior by exploring and resolving a persons ambivalence.
What is motivational interviewing?
The phenomenon of more intense/severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms that occurs with repeated exposure to previous withdrawal episodes.
What is the kindling effect?
Name that abnormal thought process:
The term for abrupt cessation of speech in the middle of a sentence without explanation.
What is thought blocking
A rare mood disorder that causes emotional highs and lows that are not as extreme/do not meet criteria for Bipolar I or II.
What is cyclothymia?
The most prominent symptom of PAWS
What is anhedonia?
The most effective form of therapy for OCD
What is ERP (exposure and response prevention)?