Geriatric mood disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the first-line pharmacologic treatment for bulimia nervosa? _____

Answer: SSRIs

Flashcard 2: _____ disorder is characterized by an abnormal range of moods or internal emotional states and loss of control over them

Answer: Mood

Flashcard 3: Non-specific symptoms of _____ withdrawal (stimulant or depressant) include post-use "crash", depression, lethargy, and hypersomnia/weight gain

Answer: stimulant

Flashcard 4: The onset of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder symptoms is before age _____

Answer: 10

Flashcard 5: Insomnia can be treated in multiple nonpharmacologic ways; including _____ control therapy

Answer: stimulus

Flashcard 6: What is the treatment for both conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder? _____

Answer: Psychotherapy (e.g. CBT)

Flashcard 7: Which brain system is primarily responsible for the regulation of sex drive (libido) and emotional behavior?

Answer: Limbic system

Extra: The limbic system (including the amygdala, hippocampus, and cingulate gyrus) regulates emotions and drives. While the hypothalamus controls the physiological aspects of sexual function and hormonal release, the limbic system is key for the behavioral and emotional components.

Flashcard 8: Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for the processing and regulation of emotion?

Answer: Limbic system

Extra: The limbic system is a complex set of structures that includes the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and cingulate gyrus. it is involved in motivation, emotion, learning, and memory.

Flashcard 9: What is the timecourse of normal grief and bereavement?

Answer: up to one year

Flashcard 10: How does sexual interest change in the elderly?

Answer: It usually doesnt!