Pharmacotherapy for cognitive disorders — Flashcards

Which paraneoplastic syndrome presents with psychiatric disturbances, memory deficits, seizures, dyskinesias, autonomic instability, and language dysfunction?_____

Neuro/Psych _____ is a potentially lethal adverse effect associated with any drug that increases 5-HT

The nigrostriatal pathway is significantly affected by movement disorders and _____ drugs

Non-specific symptoms of _____ withdrawal (stimulant or depressant) include anxiety, tremor, insomnia, and seizures

In addition to schizophrenia, _____ antipsychotics are used to treat treatment-resistant depression

_____ (dementia or delirium) is usually secondary to other illness (e.g. CNS disease, infection, trauma, substance abuse/withdrawal, metabolic disturbances, hemorrhage, urinary/fecal retention)

_____ is defined as decreased cognitive ability, memory, or function with intact consciousness

When diagnosing neurodegenerative disorders, you must first rule out _____ as a cause of the presenting dementia

mammillary bodies

frontal lobe