BASICS OF PSYCHIATRY

Flashcards covering key concepts from Basic Psychiatry focusing on mental status examination, psychiatry terminology, disorders, and treatment approaches.

MSE stands for __________.

Mental Status Examination

In psychiatry, ________ is a sustained and internal emotional state.

Mood

__________ refers to short-lived and external expressions of internal emotions that can be observed.

Affect

An example of excessive happiness without any reason is called __________.

Euphoria

The _____________ refers to a false perception of a real object.

Illusion

A false perception in the absence of any object is called _____________.

Hallucination

The patient hears voices coming from outside like from the wall or outside the house during _____________ .

Auditory hallucinations

____________ refers to the experience of seeing oneself and recognizing that it is part of self only.

Autoscopy

One of the disorders of the content of thought, characterized by a false belief that is firm and unshakeable is called _____________.

Delusion

A _________________ is someone who believes that their partner is having an affair without any evidence.

Delusion of infidelity

The term __________________ refers to an abnormality in the organization of thinking.

Formal thought disorder

The ________________________ suggests excessive levels of dopamine cause schizophrenia.

Dopamine hypothesis

Patients with schizophrenia are often treated with ____________.

Antipsychotics

The positive symptoms are primarily caused by excess dopamine in the _____________ tract.

Mesolimbic

Symptoms of weight loss, lack of pleasure, and emotional response are termed ________________ symptoms.

Negative

A significant adverse effect of typical antipsychotics is _____________.

Extrapyramidal symptoms

Electroconvulsive therapy is often used in depression with _____________ risk.

Suicide

In _______________, there is a disconnection between successive thoughts.

Derailment

The ___________________ is the most common antidepressant due to its favorable side effects profile.

SSRI

The most common somatic symptom disorder characterized by excessive thoughts about symptoms is _____________ .

Somatic symptom disorder

The presence of intrusive thoughts along with compulsive behaviors characterizes _____________.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

The phenomenon in which a person feels detached from their body is called ____________.

Depersonalization

____________ refers to the practice of developing multiple personalities in one individual.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

When a patient cannot remember their past due to trauma, they exhibit _____________ amnesia.

Dissociative

Psychotherapy remains the primary treatment for ____________ disorders.

Personality

During __________ phenomena, individuals may have symptoms of emotional instability and interpersonal difficulties.

Borderline Personality Disorder

In ____________, individuals compulsively set fires.

Pyromania

In _____________, patients may engage in repetitive behavior of hair-pulling.

Trichotillomania

A prominent symptom of narcolepsy includes the sudden loss of _____________.

muscle tone (cataplexy)