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Psychiatric Disorders
Unit 3 Patho
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Pathology
Undergraduate 2
11/02/2011

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Mood can be defined as:
Definition
Feelins related to sense of well-being.
Term
Abnormalities directly relate to abnl _____.
Definition
Neurotransmitter activity.
Term
Depression is characterized by _____ or _____.
Definition
Norepinephrine or serotonin.
Term
Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) IV Deptession is characterized by the following symptoms:
Definition

Daily Depressed mood

Decreased interest or pleasure in activities

Inc or dec weight

insomina or hypersomnia

Fatigue

Worthless, guilty

Altered Concentration

Term
DSM IV Depression is caused by:
Definition
N/A - physiological cause is absent
Term
What is a serious issue in regrards to providing anti-depressant drugs without appropriate monitoring of the patient?
Definition
Potentially suicidal. If a pt is severly depressed, they don't have the energy to even commit suicide. As they begin to take anti-depressants, they are able to muster up the energy to act on their suicidal thoughts.
Term
Bipolar is caused by an imbalance between:
Definition
acetylcholine and epinephrine
Term
During the manic phase of bipor disorder, _____ and _____ are elevated.
Definition
norepinephrin and seratonin receptors
Term
Schizophrenia is due to decreased sensitivity to _____ in the _____ and increased _____ in the _____.
Definition

glutamate

 

prefrontal lobes

 

dopamine

 

frontal lobes

Term
Schizophrenia patients are characterized by their:
Definition
Disassociated ideas, Incoherent seech, crazy sequence of thoughts, delusions, and hallucinations
Term
Delusions are:
Definition

based on some sort of reality but are false beliefs...

 

Hinder function

Term
Hallucinations are:
Definition
False Perceptions that can be auditory, tiactile, olfactory, and/or visual
Term
Anxiety Disorders are defined as:
Definition

more than 6 months or excessive worry.

 

Also experience a lack of concentration, function, sleep, etc.

Term
Agoraphobia:
Definition
scared of the public, doesn't ever leave the house
Term
OCD:
Definition

Obsesive Compulsive Disease: Unwanted thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc.

 

(ie. washing hands constantly, refuses to step on cracks)

Term
Panic Disorder:
Definition
Intense fear. Generalized symptoms: increased heart rate, short of breath, dizzy, etc. 
Term
Phobia:
Definition
Irational/disabling fear
Term
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
Definition
fear of injury or death following a traumatic event; typically seen post-military, post-natural disaster, etc.
Term
Clozaril, Risperdal, and Zyprexa are all examples of __________ in treating sckizophrenia.
Definition
Serotonin Dopamine antagonists
Term
When treating schizophrenia, Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, and Thiothixene are drugs that __________.
Definition
decrease dopamine production or effects.
Term
What eating diesorder is characterized by self-induced starvation?
Definition
Anorexia
Term
What psychiatric disorder is responcible for the highest death rate?
Definition
Anorexia
Term
What psychiatric disorder is characterized by a binge-purge cycle in regards to their food uptake?
Definition
Bulimia
Term
Altered serotonin metabolism and an obsession with body image are responcible for:
Definition
Eating disorders
Term
Resulting from eating disorders or starvation, _________ yeields an inadequate amount of calories and energy.
Definition
Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
Term
_____ is a type of PEM that results in inadequate calorie intake in addition to an immune deficiency, anemia, and emaciated extremities.
Definition
Marasmus
Term
Kwashiorkor is a form of PEM in which there is an _____ (inadequate/adequate) amount of calories and an _____ (inadequate/adequate) amount of protein.

Symptoms include: 
Definition

adequate

 

inadequate

 

hypoalbuminemia, edema, fatty liver, infections, etc

Term
Electrolyte abnormalities can lead to _____ and _____ in regards to Anorexia.
Definition
Cardiac arrythmias (Bradycardia) and Constipation
Term
Amenorrhea (menstral cycle stopped) is seen in which 2 psychiatric disorders?
Definition
Anorexia and Bulimia
Term
Medications for eating disorders may include:
Definition
Depression, anxiety, and obsession meds
Term
Over-activity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness are all characteristic of:
Definition
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Term
ADHD results in _____ (decreased/increased) dopamine and _____ (decreased/increased) norepinephrine.
Definition

decreased

 

increased

Term
Parent Behavior Training (PBT) can be crucial in quelling what psychiatric disorder?
Definition
ADHD
Term
Attention Deficit Disorder treatment includes blocking re-uptake of _____ and _____ to increase cortical inhibitory actions.
Definition
dopamine and norepinephrine
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