Neurobiology of Mental Illness-focused notes.txt

Mental impairments that cause the person to loose touch with reality =

Anxiety and personality disorders are __ disorders.

A persistence untrue belief =

Perceiving something that is not really there =

Illogical or unrelated responses to questions =

Poor goal directed behavior and personal hygiene =

Deficit of emotion or facial expression =

Inability to experience pain or pleasure =

Profound detachment =

Small vocabulary, echolalia, and perseveration =

Meaningless repetition of a word or phrase =

Excessive repetition of a word or phrase =

Schizophrenia, Major depression, and Bipolar disorder are what kind of abnormalities?

Excess dopamine, or excess dopamine receptors

Low serotonin, small hippocampus, or overabundant stress hormones

M’s include any or all psychotic disorders =

Anhedonia, dysphoria, restless, irritable, and impaired concentration or cognition (M’s of)

Impaired judgment, appetite, and sleep; hallucinations, and delusions (M’s of)

Anxiolytics a/w =

Anti-depressants a/w =

Anti-psychotics a/w =

“Rev-up” stress hormone =

“Quiet-down” stress hormone =

Part of brain responsible for emotions =

Part of brain responsible for executive and higher function =

Uncontrollable worry that is pervasive and persists for at least a month (M’s of)

Ritualistic behaviors that person feels must be performed anxiety relief (M’s of)

Thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur =

Abnormal basal ganglia-frontal circuits, and high glucose metabolism in prefrontal cortex =

Anxiety or terror a/w a perceived threat, intense autonomic response symptoms (M’s of)

Instability of mood, behavior, relationships, and self-esteem (C’s of)

Life is in a constant state of crisis, history of childhood trauma/crisis =

Thoughts or action of suicide or self-harm, searching to be rescued by others (M’s of)

Profound trauma as a child, now demonstrates total disregard for others and the law (C’s of)

Lack of remorse, concern or empathy; often charming and laid back; dishonest and deceitful (M’s of)