PSYCHIATRY SHELF EXAM NEWEST VERSION !!!
ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ( VERIFIED ANSWERS )
ALREADY GRADED A+
What is psychoanalysis
What you think of in the movies
Systemic desensitization vs flooding/implosion
Slowly introduce stressor stepwise
vs
real or imagined stressor given until pt feels calm
Aversion therapy vs token economy
Negative punishment vs positive reinforcement
CBT
Take bad thoughts and replace them with better/correct ones
,DBT
Dialectical behavioral therapy
Specific for BPD
Panic Disorder
Spontaneous panic attacks
Huge fear of having another to the point where it affects one's life
NTs involved in anxiety disorders
Inc NE
Dec GABA
,Why start SSRIs slow?
Beware anxiety side effect --> suicide
Panic disorder tx
Acute: benzo
Chronic: SSRI
Agoraphobia (def, tx)
Fear of being in public places alone. Think you may have panic attack
and won't be able to escape
Tx: SSRIs
Most common mental disorder in US
Phobia (social, specific)
When you don't know a tx, think
SSRI
, Tx of OCD
SSRI high dose, but clomipramine sometimes
Difference between adjustment disorder and PTSD
Non life threatening
vs
Life threatening event
PTSD vs Acute stress disorder
>1 month
vs
<1 month
Adjustment disorder (timing)
Begins within 3 months of stressor
Ends within 6 months of losing stressor
ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ( VERIFIED ANSWERS )
ALREADY GRADED A+
What is psychoanalysis
What you think of in the movies
Systemic desensitization vs flooding/implosion
Slowly introduce stressor stepwise
vs
real or imagined stressor given until pt feels calm
Aversion therapy vs token economy
Negative punishment vs positive reinforcement
CBT
Take bad thoughts and replace them with better/correct ones
,DBT
Dialectical behavioral therapy
Specific for BPD
Panic Disorder
Spontaneous panic attacks
Huge fear of having another to the point where it affects one's life
NTs involved in anxiety disorders
Inc NE
Dec GABA
,Why start SSRIs slow?
Beware anxiety side effect --> suicide
Panic disorder tx
Acute: benzo
Chronic: SSRI
Agoraphobia (def, tx)
Fear of being in public places alone. Think you may have panic attack
and won't be able to escape
Tx: SSRIs
Most common mental disorder in US
Phobia (social, specific)
When you don't know a tx, think
SSRI
, Tx of OCD
SSRI high dose, but clomipramine sometimes
Difference between adjustment disorder and PTSD
Non life threatening
vs
Life threatening event
PTSD vs Acute stress disorder
>1 month
vs
<1 month
Adjustment disorder (timing)
Begins within 3 months of stressor
Ends within 6 months of losing stressor
