Schizoaffective disorder — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Typical and atypical antipsychotics may be used to treat intractable or distressing tics associated with _____ syndrome

Answer: Tourette

Flashcard 2: _____ disorder meets criteria for schizophrenia in addition to major mood disorder (major depressive or bipolar)

Answer: Schizoaffective

Flashcard 3: What feature of psychosis is characterized by speech that is incoherent ("word salad"), tangential, or derailed? _____

Answer: Disorganized thought

Flashcard 4: Which personality disorder is characterized by eccentric appearance, interpersonal awkwardness, and odd beliefs/magical thinking? _____

Answer: Schizotypal (cluster A)

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