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1. CAGE Answer items responses are scored either 1 or 0. A score 2 or higher is considered clinically significant 2. OCD Answer obsessive thoughts interfere with your daily life -are you concern about things being contaminated, keeping things in perfect order -do you feel driven to perform certain acts over and over again? -have unwanted images or thought that you cant seem to get out of your head 3. layman's explanation of mental illness Answer Abnormal functioning of neurotransmitters. Neuroanatomical differences have been found in some cases. -can arise from multiple sources, not a single or consistent cause has been established 4. biomedical psychiatry Answer mental illness is conceptualized as a disorder of the brain circuit 2 / 34 caused by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factor 5. state-dependent learning Answer when a memory is formed a new neural pathway is created. If the memory was formed under specific chemical conditions (on a drug, manic), then the pathway will be primed to work most effectively under these circumstances. -state-dependent learning in bipolar. Bipolar individuals in a depressed episode may not be able to recall details of manic episodes. Corroboration is needed. 6. Assessment tools to screen for cognitive impairment Answer folstein mini-mental: perfect score is 30. 24 impairment. If only 9th grade education 17 7. Abnormal sodium levels Answer increased: dehydration, methyldopa, -decreased: SIADH, heart failure, nephrotic syndrome, hepatic disease. 8. Abnormal Potassium levels Answer Increased: amiloride, spirolactone, lithium, propranolol. Decreased 3 / 34 9. alpha 1 antagonists Answer vasodilator and used for hypertension -raynauds -PTSD and GAD -benign prostatic hyperplasia (tamsulosin) -agonism: vasoconstrictor -trazadone and many antipsychotics 10. ESR-erythrocyte sedimentation rate Answer high values indicate autoimmune, malignancies, infections 11. absolute neurophil count calculations: total WBC x percentage of neurophil in differential=ANC 12. Calcium Answer increased: 10.8 caused by hyperparathyroidism from tumor of renal disease, lithium 13. PET vs. fMRI Answer measures brain activity by associated changes in blood flow. Relies on fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activity are coupled. -In addition, PET has the advantage of being able to identify specific receptors associated with neurotransmitter through its ability to image radioactive ligands 14. ELISA testing 4 / 34 Answer first screen with ELISA. ELISA tests for HIV antibodies. Vast majority of HIV positive people have detectable antibodies by 3 months after exposure. 15. Splitting Answer the individual segregates experiences in to all-good or all-bad, with no room for ambiguity or ambivalence. 16. displacement Answer separation of emotion from it object of discontent and redirected to a less threatening and intimidating --example: displaced aggression- If expressing or dismay to the source of the anger could lead to negative consequences, we may rather than express our angry to a person or object that pose no threat.