Brief psychotic disorder — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Which psychiatric disorder, delirium or dementia, is characterized by acute onset "waxing and waning" level of consciousness? _____

Answer: Delirium

Flashcard 2: What feature of psychosis is characterized by speech that is incoherent ("word salad"), tangential, or derailed? _____

Answer: Disorganized thought

Flashcard 3: Risks factors for postpartum psychosis include _____ pregnancy, history of bipolar or psychotic disorder, family history, and recent discontinuation of psychotropic medication

Answer: first

Flashcard 4: What is the treatment for postpartum psychosis? _____

Answer: Hospitalization and antipsychotics

Flashcard 5: In addition to schizophrenia, typical antipsychotics are used to treat _____ in many conditions (e.g. bipolar disorder, delirium)

Answer: psychosis

Flashcard 6: Broca's aphasia

Answer: damage to inferior frontal gyrus of dominant frontal lobe

Extra: nonfluent speech, intact comprehensionmnemonic: Broca's Broken Boca

Flashcard 7: Wernicke's aphasia

Answer:

Extra: fluent but nonsensical speech, impaired comprehensionmnemonic: Wernicke's Wordy Widdershins (widdershins is nonsense in this context)superior temporal gyrus of dominant temporal lobe

Flashcard 8: global aphasia

Answer: damage to both Broca's and Wernicke's areas (dominant frontal and temporal lobes)

Extra: nonfluent speech, impaired comprehension

Flashcard 9: olfaction

Answer: limbic system

Flashcard 10: GABA

Answer: nucleus accumbens