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Psychophysiological disease
- psychological factors contribute to the initiation or the exacerbation of a physical condition
- e.g. cancer, asthma, coronary artery disease
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Amygdala controls...
emotions
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Aphasia
- difficulty forming words
- loss of language ability
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Delirium
sudden severe confusion, includes a decreased level of consciousness with intermittent hypervigilance
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Hypothalamus controls...
appetite regulation
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Echolalia vs. palilalia
- echolalia: repeated once
- palalilalia: continuous repetition
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Apraxia
- loss of ability to carry out learned, purposeful movements
- no motor or sensory impairment
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Perseveration
persistent adherence to a single idea and verbal repetition of a sentence or phrase
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Confabulation
unconscious attempt to maintain self-esteem, makes up things that you forget
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Agnosia
loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes or smells
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Dementia cognitive deficit areas...
- memory and:
- aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, or executive function
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Amnesic disorder
- disturbance in memory due to physiological effects of general medical condition or persisting effects of medication
- (just memory, not other cognitive deficits)
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Psychosomatic
connection between the mind and body
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Hysteria
- multiple physical complaints with no organic basis
- proposed by Freud - unexpressed emotions can result in physical symptoms
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Somatization
transference of mental state into body symptom(s)
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Somatization disorder
- multiple physical symptoms
- combination of pain, GI, sexual, pseudoneurologic symptoms
- involuntary
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Conversion disorder
- unexplained sensory or motor deficits associated with psychological factors
- "la belle indifference" - no concerns about deficit
- involuntary
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Pain disorder
- pain unrelieved by analgesics
- psychological factors influencing onset, severity, exacerbation, maintenance
- involuntary
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Hypochondriasis
- disease conviction or disease phobia
- involuntary
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Body dysmorphic disorder
- Preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defect in physical appearance
- involuntary
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Malingering
- intentional false or grossly exaggerated symptoms
- external incentives as motivation
- voluntary
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Factitious disorder
(aka Munchausen syndrome)
- intentional symptoms to gain attention
- Munchausen syndrom by proxy - intentionally making your child sick
- voluntary
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Schizoaffective disorder
diagnosed when the client meets psychotic symptoms criteria of schizophrenia and criteria for a major affective or mood disorder
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Schizophrenia medications
- treat with antipsychotics (dopamine or serotonin antagonists)
- atypical:
- clozapine (Clozaril)
- quetiapine (Seroquel)
- risperidone (Risperdal)
- zipreasidone (Geodon)
- olanzapine (Zyprexa)
- aripiprazole (Abilify)
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Schizophrenia
distorted and bizarre thoughts, perceptions, emotions, movements, behavior
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Positive (hard) symptoms of schizophrenia
- delusions
- hallucinations
- grossly disorganized thinking, speech and behavior
- (decrease in temporal lobe functioning)
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4 As of schizophrenia
- Affect
- Associative looseness
- Autism
- Ambivalence
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Negative (soft) symptoms of schizophrenia
- flat affect
- lack of volition (will, choosing, resolving)
- social withdrawal or discomfort
- (decrease in frontal lobe functioning)
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Paranoid schizophrenia
- persecutory or grandiose delusions, hallucinations
- occasionally excessive religiosity or hostile/aggressive behavior
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Disorganized schizophrenia
grossly inappropriate or flat affect, incoherence, loose associations, and extremely disorganized behavior
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Catatonic schizophrenia
- psychomotor disturbance
- motionless (waxy flexibility) or excessive motor activity (purposeless)
- extreme negativism, mutism, peculiarities of voluntary movement, echolalia, echopraxia
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Undifferentiated schizophrenia
- schizophrenia symptoms of mixed types
- disturbed thought, affect, and behavior
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Residual schizophrenia
- a least one previous, past schizophrenic episode
- social withdrawal
- flat affect
- looseness of association
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Schizophreniform disorder
exhibits symptoms of schizophrenia, but for less than the 6 months necessary for the diagnosis of schizophrenia
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Delusional disorder
- one or more nonbizarre delusions - they are believable
- behavior is not obviously odd or bizarre
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Brief psychotic disorder
- sudden onset of at least one psychotic symptom that lasts from 1 day to 1 month
- can be delusion, hallucination, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior
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Shared psychotic disorder
(folie a deux)
- two people share a similar delusion
- client has a close relationship with someone who has psychotic delusions
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Extrapyramidal side effects
- early-appearing, reversable side effect of antipsychotics
- acute dystonic reaction: muscle spasms, abnormal posture
- akathisia: inner restlessness
- Parkinsonism: shuffling gait, tremor, stiffness, drooling
- give diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or benztropine (Cogentin)
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Tardive dyskinesia
- late-appearing side effect of antipsychotics
- abnormal mouth/tongue movements
- choreiform (jerky) movements of limbs
- use AIMS scale to evaluate
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- muscle rigidity
- high fever
- increased enzymes (creatine phosphokinase)
- leukocytosis
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Adverse side effects of antipsychotics
- extrapyramidal side effects
- tardive dyskinesia
- seizures
- neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- agranulocytosis - <WBCs (caused by Clozapine)
- sunburn, weight gain, orthostatic hypotension
- anticholinergic symptoms (dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation, urinary retention)
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Anhedonia
inability to experience pleasurable emotion
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Personality disorder
- traits become inflexible and maladaptive
- cause significant functional impairment or subjective stress
- long standing, not responsive to psychotherapy or pharmacology
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Personality disorders - Cluster A
Behaviors are odd or eccentric
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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Personality disorders - Cluster B
Behaviors are dramatic, emotional, or erratic
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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Personality disorders - Cluster C
Behaviors are anxious or fearful
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder
- Passive-aggressive Disorder
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Paranoid personality disorder
- mistrust and suspicion of others
- others' motives are interpreted as malevolent
- hypervigilent, tense, oversensitive, irritable, can become violent, guarded, restricted affect
- Cluster A
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Schizoid personality disorder
- detached from social relationships
- cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior
- cold, aloof, indifferent, serious, shy, anxious, restricted affect, involved with things more than people
- Cluster A
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Schizotypal personality disorder
- behavior is odd, eccentric, discomfort in relationships
- cognitive or perceptual distortions
- does not decompensate to the level of schizophrenia
- aloof, isolated, bland, apathetic, magical thinking, bizarre speech pattern, short-term psychosis under stress
- Cluster A
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Antisocial personality disorder
- pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, rules, and laws
- aggression, destruction, callous, irresponsible
- Cluster B
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Borderline personality disorder
- unstable relationships, self-image, affect, and marked impulsivity
- unstable affect, identity disturbance, unstable relationships, splitting, manipulation, SIB, impulsive
- Cluster B
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Histrionic personality disorder
- excessive emotionality and attention seeking
- dramatic, extroverted, excitable, emotional, require constant affirmation and acceptance, gregarious, seductive, manipulative, exhibitionist, distractable
- Cluster B
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Narcissistic personality disorder
- grandiose, need for admiration, lack of empathy
- hypersensitive to evaluation by others, entitled, exploits others, carefree
- Cluster B
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Avoidant personality disorder
- social inhibitions, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitive to negative evaluation
- views self as socially inept
- extreme shyness, awkward, uncomfortable, lonely, depressed
- Cluster C
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Dependent personality disorder
- submissive, clings to others
- lacks self-confidence, passive, avoids responsiblity, excessive need to be taken care of
- Cluster C
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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- orderliness, rigidity, perfectionism, control
- not many obsessions and compulstions
- inflexibly, lacks spontaneity, polite, formal
- Cluster C
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Religiosity
an excessive demonstration of or obsession with religious ideas and behavior
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Echopraxia
purposely imitating movements made by others
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