Mood Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: sex drive

Answer: limbic system

Flashcard 2: emotion

Answer: limbic system

Flashcard 3: What is the timecourse of normal grief and bereavement?

Answer: up to one year

Flashcard 4: How does sexual interest change in the elderly?

Answer: It usually doesnt!

Flashcard 5: What are the characteristics of normal grief and bereavement?

Answer: Shock, denial, guilt, and somatic symptoms. May experience illusions.

Flashcard 6: Patient is suicidal.

Answer: If credible threat to self, advise patient to stay in hospital voluntarily. If patient refuses, they may be hospitalized involuntarily.

Flashcard 7: What are the characteristics of pathological grief and bereavement?

Answer: Excessive intensity or duration; grief that is delayed, inhibited, or denied.

Flashcard 8: What are some important differential diagnosis categories to consider in sexual dysfunction disorders?

Answer: meds (e.g. anti-HTN, SSRI) disease (e.g. diabetes, hormone disorder) psychological (e.g. performance anxiety)

Flashcard 9: _____ defenses, unconscious or conscious, are used to resolve conflict and prevent undesirable feelings (e.g. anxiety, depression)

Answer: Ego

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Flashcard 10: Sexual dysfunction includes sexual _____ disorders, such as erectile dysfunction

Answer: arousal

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