Transition to adult care — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: If a psychosocial stressor causes continued impairment > 6 months after the stressor ends, it is _____ disorder

Answer: generalized anxiety

Flashcard 2: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with _____ intelligence that coexists with difficulties in school

Answer: normal

Flashcard 3: _____ is characterized by the patient projecting feelings about formative or other important persons onto the physician

Answer: Transference

Flashcard 4: Autism spectrum disorder is more commonly accompanied by intellectual _____

Answer: disability

Flashcard 5: Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder with periods of psychosis, disturbed behavior and thought, and decline in functioning lasting _____ (duration)

Answer: > 6 months

Flashcard 6: Autism spectrum disorder is associated with _____ head/brain size

Answer: increased

Flashcard 7: _____ disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of detachment from one's own body, thoughts, perceptions, and actions (depersonalization) or one's environment (derealization)

Answer: Depersonalization/derealization

Flashcard 8: Bilateral lesion of the amygdala results in:

Answer: Klüver-Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala lesion) :: Syndrome?

Extra: Klüver-Bucy syndrome results from bilateral destruction of the amygdala (part of the limbic system). It is characterized by hyperorality, hypersexuality, disinhibited behavior, and visual agnosia. It is associated with HSV-1 encephalitis.