Question | Answer |
Axis I disorders: examples | GAD, Anxiety, Panic, Obsessive Anxiety, Somatization Disorder, Adjustment, Mood / Depression, Bipolar; Substance-related; Schizophrenia; Factitious; Dissociative; Sexual / gender ID; Eating; Sleep disorders |
Before making depression dx, rule ot: | physical cause; normal bereavement; hx of manic episode |
These patients use health care resources disproportionately: | panic disorder |
Panic disorder: frequent comorbidities: | agoraphobia, social phobia; 1 in 3 depressed |
GAD epidemiology | F > M; usu 20s; gradual (may be precipitated by events); chronic |
80% of pts with untreated mania have: | psychotic features (typically mood congruent) |
Ease of diagnosing OCD: | very difficult to dx w/o high degree of suspicion |
Social anxiety disorder: 2 types: | circumscribed (tx: beta blocker); generalized (tx: antidepressants) |
Social anxiety disorder comorbidities: | mental / drug / alcohol; depression |
Foa’s brief prevention program is to treat: | PTSD (within 14 days of trauma) |
PTSD: DREAMS (Dx) | Detachment; Reexperiencing event; Emotional effects; Avoidance; Month in duration; Sympathetic hyperactivity / hypervigilance |