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Behavioral & Psychiatry | Nurse Practitioner (NP) School Study Aid
Delirium
- Mechanism
- Rapid Onset
- Reversible
- Assessment
- Hallucinations
- Decline in Cognition
- Short Attention Span
- Rapid Speech
- Change in Activity Level
- Mood Swings
2 mins
Alzheimer's Disease Assessment (Early Symptoms)
- Risk Factors
- Advanced Age
- Early Signs and Symptoms
- Poor Judgment and Decision-Making
- Difficulty Having a Conversation
- Inability to Manage a Budget
- Losing Track of the Date or Season
- Misplacing Things
1 min
Alzheimer's Disease Assessment (Late Symptoms)
- Late Signs and Symptoms
- Memory Impairment
- Wandering Behavior
- Confabulation
- Perseveration
- Lack of Abstract Thinking
- Severe Cognitive Decline
1 min
5 A's of Alzheimer's Disease
- Agnosia
- Anomia
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Amnesia
1 min
Alzheimer's Disease Interventions
- Diagnostic Tests
- PET Scan and CT
- Mini-Mental State Examination
- Interventions
- Drug Therapy
- Safe Environment
- Moderate Exercise
- Behavioral Modification
- Assistance with Functional Independence
- Assistance and Support for Caregiver
2 mins
Fragile X
- Pathophysiology
- Trinucleotide Repeat
- CGG Repeats
- FMR1 Gene
- X-linked Dominant
- Signs and Symptoms
- Developmental Delay
- Autism
- Large Ears
- Large Jaw
- Long Face
- Macroorchidism
2 mins
Down Syndrome
- Pathophysiology
- Trisomy 21
- Meiotic Nondisjunction
- Signs and Symptoms
- Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation)
- Single palmar crease
- Flat Facies
- Duodenal Atresia
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Septum Primum Type ASD
- Endocardial Cushion Defects
- Prominent Epicanthal Folds
- Increased Risk of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Alzheimer's Disease
3 mins
Passive Aggression
- Characteristics
- Indirect Expression of Opposition
- Immature Ego Defense
- Associations
- Borderline Personality Disorder
1 min
Humor
- Mechanism
- Mature Ego Defense
- Lightheartedly Expressing
- Example
- Jokes
1 min
Projection
- Definition
- Attributing Unacceptable Internal Impulse To Others
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Person With Hostile Feelings Accusing Others Of Hostility Or Anger
2 mins
Rationalization
- Definition
- Justifying Unacceptable Behavior Using Seemingly Logical Explanation
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Breaking Diet Because It's The Weekend
2 mins
Operant Conditioning
- Reinforcement
- Punishment
- Extinction
2 mins
Displacement
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Redirection
1 min
Denial
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Avoidance Of Pain
- Example
- Drunk-Driving
1 min
Dissociation
- Clinical Manifestations
- Memory Loss
- Changes In Personality
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Physical or Sexual Abuse
- Immature Ego Defense
1 min
Fixation
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Tantrum
59 secs
Idealization
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Idealization
1 min
Repression
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Memory Loss
1 min
Identification
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Unconscious Mimicking
1 min
Acting Out
- Mechanism
- Subconscious
- Type of defense
- Immature Ego Defense Mechanism
- Result
- Actions Rather Than Reflections
1 min
Intellectualization
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Leukemic Patient Intellectualizing
1 min
Isolation (of Affect)
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- No Emotional Response
1 min
Splitting
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Association
- Borderline Personality Disorder
1 min
Sublimation
- Mechanism
- Mature Ego Defense
- Unconscious
- Example
- Socially Acceptable
1 min
Altruism
- Mechanism
- Unconscious And Conscious
- Mature Ego Defense
- Example
- Making Donation
59 secs
Suppresion
- Mechanism
- Intentional
- Mature Ego Defense
- Example
- Switching Focus
2 mins
Tourette Syndrome
- Characteristics
- Motor and Vocal Tics
- Onset Before Age 18
- > 1 year
- Associations
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- TREATMENT
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- High-Potency Antipsychotics
- Atypical Antipsychotics
- Alpha-2 Agonists
- Tetrabenazine
4 mins
Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Characteristics
- ≥ 2 Personalities
- More Common in Women
- Associations
- Sexual Abuse
- Other Psychiatric Diseases
- Symptoms
- Depersonalization and Derealization
- Lapses in Personal Information
- Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)
- Considerations
- Poor Prognosis
2 mins
Narcolepsy
- Characteristics
- Daytime Sleepiness
- Hallucinations
- Pathophysiology
- Cataplexy
- Low Orexin
- Lateral Hypothalamus
- Treatment
- Good Sleep Hygiene
- Amphetamines
- Modafinil
- Sodium Oxybate
3 mins
Transference and Countertransference
- Characteristics
- Unconscious
- Transference
- Projecting Feelings from Patient to Physician
- Countertransference
- Projecting Feelings from Physician to Patient
- Types
- Positive
- Negative
- Sexualized
- Treatment
- Therapeutic Relationship
2 mins
Reaction Formation
- Characteristics
- Actions Oppose Feelings
- Immature Ego Defense
- Unconscious Process
- Exaggerated Behavior
- Reverse Cinderella Story
- Immature Sublimation
1 min
