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Psychopharmacology Wilkes n552 Questions and
Answers 100% Verified UPDATED!!!
Dissociation - ANSWER defense mechanism that protects a
person from overwhelming anxiety by emotionally separating
Depersonalization - ANSWER unreality or detachment from
one's body, thoughts, feeling and actions
Derealization: - ANSWER unreality or detachment from one's
surroundings
Body dysmorphic disorder - ANSWER Preoccupation with one or
more perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance
Spends significant time trying to correct perceived flaw with
makeup, dermatological procedures or plastic surgery
Txt: SSRI and or CBT
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Hoarding disorder - ANSWER Persistent difficulty discarding
possessions regardless of actual value
Results in accumulation of possessions that compromise living
space or inability to function
Patients who remain resistant to psychosocial interventions, or
who lack access to them, can be provided a trial of a serotonin-
reuptake inhibitor, particularly if they have a comorbid affective
or anxiety disorder;
Trichotillomania - ANSWER Recurrent pulling out one's hair
despite repeated attempts to stop.
Txt: SSRI, Clomipramine; atypical antipsychotics, lithium
Excoriation Disorder - ANSWER Recurrent skin picking that
results in lesions despite attempts to stop.
Cognitive-behavioral therapies may be beneficial for patients
accepting psychiatric referral
Psychopharmacology Wilkes n552 Questions and
Answers 100% Verified UPDATED!!!
Dissociation - ANSWER defense mechanism that protects a
person from overwhelming anxiety by emotionally separating
Depersonalization - ANSWER unreality or detachment from
one's body, thoughts, feeling and actions
Derealization: - ANSWER unreality or detachment from one's
surroundings
Body dysmorphic disorder - ANSWER Preoccupation with one or
more perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance
Spends significant time trying to correct perceived flaw with
makeup, dermatological procedures or plastic surgery
Txt: SSRI and or CBT
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Hoarding disorder - ANSWER Persistent difficulty discarding
possessions regardless of actual value
Results in accumulation of possessions that compromise living
space or inability to function
Patients who remain resistant to psychosocial interventions, or
who lack access to them, can be provided a trial of a serotonin-
reuptake inhibitor, particularly if they have a comorbid affective
or anxiety disorder;
Trichotillomania - ANSWER Recurrent pulling out one's hair
despite repeated attempts to stop.
Txt: SSRI, Clomipramine; atypical antipsychotics, lithium
Excoriation Disorder - ANSWER Recurrent skin picking that
results in lesions despite attempts to stop.
Cognitive-behavioral therapies may be beneficial for patients
accepting psychiatric referral
