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Behavioral Medicine

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Axis I:   clinical disorders and conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention  
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Axis II:   personality disorders and mental retardation  
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Axis III:   any physical dz / general medical condition present in addition to the mental disorder  
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Axis IV:   psychosocial / environmental problems that contribute to the development or exacerbation of the current disorder  
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Axis V:   global assessment of functioning (GAF) scale, used for prognosis, that considers social, occupational and psychological function  
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BATHE   background, affect, trouble, handling, empathy  
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Four characteristics of supportive interventions   Encouragement; Reassurance; Acknowledging Emotion; Nonverbal Communication  
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Components of mental status exam   Appearance; Speech; Emotional Expression; Thinking and Perception; Sensorium  
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Violent patient mgmt strategies   Verbal ; Approach ; Space ; Don’t Touch; Hands ; Eyes ; Door  
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The most prevalent psychiatric disorders in the US =   anxiety disorders  
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Patients with anxiety disorder are more likely to develop:   medical disorders  
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Type of patients who have highest all-cause mortality:   anxiety disorders  
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Highest prevalence of all anxiety disorders   GAD (lifetime: 4.1 – 6.6%)  
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Dx of schizophrenia (classifications)   <6 mo = schizophreniform; >6 mo = schizophrenia  
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What is hypochondriasis?   Preoccupation with fears or having serious dz, based on misinterpretation of sxs;despite medical reassurance; > 6 mos; not delusional  
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What is factitious disorder?   Feign sx of dz to assume pt role (not for money or gain); unconscious motivation; counter-transference; comorbid with borderline  
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What is a conversion disorder?   Sx suggests neuro dz, no med evidence; preceded by conflict/ stress; indifference; highly suggestible; F>M, vets; remits/recurs; rel to dissociative dz  
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Most common somatoform disorder:   Conversion disorder  
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What is somatization?   A way of responding to stress; psych / interpersonal problems expressed in somatic form, such as medically unexplained sx  
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What is malingering?   Feigning illness for gain  
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Palpitations, tremors, hyperventilation or respiratory alkalosis, numb or tingling mouth or extremities =   Anxiety  
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Feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, apathy, weight loss, insomnia, daytime sleepiness. Thoughts of suicide =   Depression (SSRI = drug of choice)  
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Binge eating, laxative use, starvation   Bulimia nervosa (Tx w/ SSRI – Fluoxetine)  
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Electrolyte disorders in bulimia   Hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis  
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Antipsychotic meds (phenothiazines), facial tics, lip smacking, tongue disorders, blinking, ataxia   Tardive dyskinesia  
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Pt on antipsychotic meds develops altered consciousness, lead-pipe rigidity, diaphoresis, catatonia. Hyperthermia, tachypnea, blood pressure changes.   Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Tx supportive care & antipyretics  
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Extrapyradimidal signs, BP changes, altered consciousness, hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, dysarthria, CV instability, fever, pulmonary congestion, diaphoresis. Pt on antipsychotic meds   Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Tx supportive care & antipyretics  
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Infrequent blinking, tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, shuffling gait, masked facies   Parkinson  
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Periods of excessive drinking, buying, spending =   Manic phase of bipolar disorder  
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Male w/ gynecomastia, diminished or delayed secondary sex characteristics, small firm testicles, long arms & legs (eunechoid body habitus)   Klinefelter Syndrome XXY. Low serum testosterone & infertility.  
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Hyponatremia, increased DTRs, lethargy, ataxia, tremor, bizarre behavior = sxs of:   Lithium toxicity  
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Antidepressant use w/ anticholinergic side effects, dry mouth, dysrhythmias, sedation, orthostatic hypotension =   TCA overdose  
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ADHD Dx criteria   Sxs before 7 y.o. and present for >6 months; occur in >1 setting (home, school); need >5 hyperactivity sxs  
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Anorexia nervosa Dx criteria:   Self induced starvation; morbid fear of fatness; medical sxs of starvation  
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Anorexia nervosa comorbidities   Depression (65%), social phobia (34%), OCD (26%)  
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Anorexia nervosa screening tool =   SCOFF questionnaire  
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Anorexia nervosa mgmt:   Hospitalize if <75% expected body weight (to medically stabilize); CBT & family therapy; tx depression with SSRIs; cyproheptadine to increase appetite  
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Bulimia medical tx   Fluoxetine 60-80mg; TCAs (but AEs)  
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Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence   1 in 110 (among those <8 y.o.); about 14 in 10,000. 4:1 M:F  
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Autistic spectrum disorder clinical features manifest when:   12-24 months; onset usually observed at <36 months  
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Somatization disorder dx criteria   Sx onset <30 yo; 4 pain sxs (different systems); 2 other GI sxs; one sexual sx; one pseudoneurologic sx  
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