Pysch Test #2

5 Written Questions

1. no recall, common between 7-12 y.o.
2. minor tranquilizers (Benzos), Ativan (lorazepam) anti-anxiety (BuSpar), SSRI's
3. Physiological stability, nutritional rehab, psycho-therapy, stress management + maintenance strategies
4. preoccupation or fear that one has a serious illness and cannot be helped, care they're getting isn't good enough, afraid they'll get an illness when they hear about one
5. brief, 1-4 days, teary, labile, 50-80%, nurse gives them reassurance and time to resolve

5 Matching Questions

1. Theories of Dissociative Disorder
2. Coping Mechanisms for Suicide
3. GAD Treatment
4. Continuum Treatment for Depression
5. Dissociative Disorders

1. a cognitive behavioral therapy, meds: SSRI's, BENZO's (short term)
2. b prevent relapse, promote recovery
3. c a person's mental processes (thought, memory + id), breaks off from the main stream of personality. Occurs along a spectrum of severity, mild: driving feeling that you can't remember last miles you drove; severe: means of mentally escaping from an unbearable situation
4. d Denial, rationalization, regression, magical thinking
5. e believed to have psychogenic severe anxiety or psychological treatment

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. mood stabilizers, antidepressants (take 2-4 weeks to kick in, 6+months for max workload; tricyclics, SSRI's, MAOI's), somatic therapy, ECT, light therapy, sleep deprivation treatment
   1. Biological Model of Depression
   2. Behavioral Model of Depression
   3. Prediliction for Depression
   4. Psychopharmacology for Depression
2. either no previous symptoms or only mania or depression in the past
   1. Dissociative Disorders
   2. Secondary affective Disorders
   3. Somatoform Disorders
   4. Primary Affective Disorders
3. conscious choice for people with chronic or life threatening illnesses (support groups), hospice
   1. Maintenance for Depression
   2. Coping resources for suicide
   3. Adaptive Responses to Emotions
   4. Treatment for PTSD
4. Outside the normal fluctuations from sadness to elation potentially severe consequences for morbidity & mortality, co-morbidity of anxiety & depression are so pronounced it can lead to substance abuse or worsens it,
   1. Depression vs. Sadness
   2. Conversion Disorder
   3. Treatment for Panic Disorder
   4. Depression or Mania Clusters
5. group therapy, SSRI's, cognitive therapy,
   1. Grief Reactions
   2. Treatment for PTSD
   3. Treatment for all Somatoform
   4. Treatment for Panic Disorder

5 True/False Questions

1. Somatization disorder → dissociative disorder: oriented x3 but perception of reality has changed. <40 yo. out of body experience, detached, outside themselves, in a dream, suicide risk, coincides with personality disorders, schizo or seizure disorders

   True        False

2. Treatment for anxiety disorders in kids → cog. behavior therapy, coping, parents in therapy, meds SSRI's

   True        False

3. Learned helplessness/hopelessness model → one has no control of their life similar to cognitive model

   True        False

4. SAD → fear of particular object or situation, panic attacks can lead to phobias,

   True        False

5. Munchausen's by proxy → child abuse, trying to get attention by bringing child + falsely reporting that the child has a medical condition, un-necessary medical treatment MUST REPORT, men more than women, often goes along with other mental illnesses, may be grudge against medical profession, severe personality disorder, difficult to diagnose and treat

   True        False