Brain Stimulation Therapies — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the rx of choice for treatment of acute mania?_____

Answer: Valproate

Flashcard 2: _____ is used as a first-line agent for the management of acute bipolar depression.

Answer: Quetiapine

Flashcard 3: _____ in volume of cingulate cortex, prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus is seen in depression

Answer: Reduction

Flashcard 4: Recurrent depression with cyclical pattern can be treated with _____ or imipramine

Answer: lithium

Flashcard 5: There is a(n) _____ in the activity of the limbic system during an emotional activity in depression

Answer: increase

Flashcard 6: _____ vagus nerve is usually stimulated for treatment resistant depression

Answer: Left

Flashcard 7: childhood bipolar disorder are now called as _____

Answer: disruptive mood dysregulation disorders

Extra: 

Flashcard 8: Rapid cycling bipolar disorder is characterised by _____ or more mood disturbances in a year with each episode either having a partial or full remission for atleast 2 weeks or switch to the opposite polarity.

Answer: 4

Flashcard 9: Patients with major depressive episode with psychotic features have mood-congruent _____ and hallucinations

Answer: delusions

Flashcard 10: Use of _____ in patients with bipolar disorder can precipitate acute mania

Answer: antidepressants