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Behavioural Psych
Behavioural disorders as well as associated drugs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A psychiatric emergency involves? | Behavior that is disturbing to himself, his family , or his comunity. |
| Clues suggesting Psychiatric emergency | -Sudden Onset, -Visual hallucinations, - Memory loss,-Altered pupil size,-Salivation,-Incontinence |
| Anxiety disorder | Affects 10% of adults, Painful uneasiness about impending problems/situations. |
| Panic Attack | Intense fear/ tension. Cant concentrate. |
| Phobias | Stimulated by things, places, situations, Agoraphobia most common. |
| Schizophrenia | Significant changes in behavior, including hallucinations, delusions, catatonia and flatness. |
| Delusional Schizo | fixed false beliefs not widely held within the individuals cultural or religious group. |
| Hallucinations Schizo | Sensory perceptions with no basis in reality |
| Catatonia | Immobility and stupor |
| Paranoid Schizo | Preoccupied with a feeling of persecution and may suffer delusions and auditory hallucinations |
| Disorganized schizo | speech and dress disorganized |
| Catatonic Schizo | Rigidity, immobility, stupor |
| Undifferentiated | Does not really fit in to any schizo categories |
| Personality disorder | 'Perceiving, reaticing,& relating' At abuse for addictions. Usually unaware their thought process is different |
| Paranoid | Cold and distant in relationships. Cant see their role in life |
| Schizoid | Antisocial, withdrawn, solitary, socially distant, |
| Schizotypal | Socially and emotinoally detached. Believes in magical thinking such as superstitions |
| Histrionic | Trying to achieve social approval, always seeking attention, risk takers |
| Borderline | No confidence in themselves. Fear abandonment by caring person. |
| Avoidance | Avoid any situations that can hurt them. Strong desire for affection |
| Narcissistic | Sense of superiority and exaggerated beliefs in their own value or importance |
| Antisocial | No regard for feelings or righs of others, Exploit others for gain without remorse. |
| Somataform Disorder | Chronic severe illness characterized by many physical symptoms. Demand help and feel outraged when needs arent met |
| Conversion Symptoms | Most disapear quickly once medical advice has been sought after. |
| Hypochondrias | Person Believes that he has the symptoms of sickness. |
| Munchausen Syndrome | Faking illness for attention. Conciously fake symptoms however quest for attention is unconcious. |
| Anorexia Nervosa | Starve themselves, risk of starvation and loss of menstrual cycle. |
| Bulimia Nervosa | Bing eating then purge episodes to follow. |
| Purging type | Self induced vomiting, diuretics, laxatives, ipecac |
| non-purging type | only 6% of bulimic's engage in excessive exercise or fasting in order to counteract calorie intake |
| Depression | Mood disorder dealing with deep feelings of sadness, worthlessness, discouragement. |
| INSADCAGES | Interest, Sleep, Appetite, depressed mood, concentration, activitym, guilt, energy, suicide |
| Mania | Develops over a few days. Feeling more energetic and better than normal, falso convictions of power. |
| Causes of mania | Drugs: amphetamines, antidepressants, cocaine Infections: AIDS, Influenza, Encephalittis Hormonal Disorders: high Thyroid levels Neurological Disorders: Head Injuries Connective Tissue Disorders: Lupus |
| Bipolar disorder | Mania to depressed, from really happy to really sad |
| Manic Phase | Inflated self image, elation, feelings of being powerful |
| Drepessed Phase | Loss of interest, feelings of worthlessness, suicidal thoughts |
| Suicide | 10th leading cause of death in US. Men Succeed more often, women attempt. |
| Suicide Risk Factors | loss of loved one, loss of job, loss of health, diagnosis of serious illness, single, widowedm, >40 y/o |
| PTSD | A reaction to an extreme usually life threatening stressor. Desire to avoid similar situations, or thoughts. |
| Dopamine | Neurotransmitter in the brain. D1-D5 dopamine receptors. Associates with pleasure centre of the brain providing enjoyment. |
| Serotonin | In the CNS its is believed to regulate anger, aggression, body temp, mood ,sleep, vomiting, sexuality. Low levels may increase aggresiveness |
| MAOI | Blocks MOA in the cells mitochondria that is responsible for metabolizing norepinephrine. Norepinephrine is then increased in the synapse. |
| Anticholinergics | Antagonizes acetylcholine muscarinic receptors. (heart, salivary glands, sweatt glands, GI tract, GU tract) Dry as a bone, Blind as a bat (dilated pupils), Mad as a hater, red as a beet, hot as a hare, tachycardia, delirium |
| Cholinergics | Increases Parasympathetic responses. SLUDGE |
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Jordo99
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