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PSYCHIATRY
MP FINAL - PSYCHIATRY
Question | Answer |
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PSYCHIATRY | PSYCH/O - MIND -IATRY = MEDICAL TREATMENT. MEDICAL TREATMENT OF THE MIND |
FRONTAL LOBE | REASONING, JUDGEMENT, PLANNING, ORGANIZING, CONSEQUENSES OF ACTIONS. INJURY CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF INTEREST IN LIFE, INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE, INAPPROPRIATE LAUGHING, CRYING OR SOCIAL BEHAVIOR |
DOPANINE | NEUROTRANSMITTER IN THE BRAIN. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL INCREASE LEVELS CAUSING EUPHORIA. DECREASED LEVELS CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION. COMBINATION OF INCREASE AND DECREASE CAN CAUSE PARANOIA |
NOREPINEPHRINE | NEUROTRANSMITTER IN THE SYMPATHETIC DIVISION AND HORMONE OF THE ADRENAL GLAND. CONTROLS INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES SUCH AS HEART RATE, RESPIRATORY RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE. INCREASED LEVELS CAN CAUSE AGRESSION AND MANIA. DECREASE CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION |
SEROTONIN | NEUROTRANSMITTER IN BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD PRIMARILY FOUND IN THE GI TRACT. DECREASE CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION, INCREASE CAN CAUSE VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. CAN AFFECT SLEEP, DIGESTION AND SEXUAL DESIRE. |
ANOREXIA NERVOSA | EXTREME CHRONIC FEAR OF BEING FAT AND OBSESSED WITH BECOMING THINNER. AN- WITHOUT; OREX/O - APPETITE |
BIPOLAR DISORDER | CHRONIC MOOD SWINGS BETWEEN MANIA AND DEPRESSION. (AKA MANIC DEPRESSIVE DISORDER) BI - TWO POL/O- POLE |
PSYCHOSIS | LOSS OF TOUCH WITH REALITY (E.G SCHIZOPHRENIA) |
MUNCHAUSEN | EXIBITING FICTITOUS MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN ORDER TO GET A TANGIBLE REWARD SUCH AS NARCOTIC DRUGS OR DISABILTIY PAYMENTS. PATIENTS KNOW THEY ARE LYING |