Metabolic monitoring in psychotic disorders US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Metabolic monitoring in psychotic disorders Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Which extrapyramidal symptoms (e.g. due to antipsychotic use) occur within days to months? _____
Answer: Akathisia (restlessness) and parkinsonism
Flashcard 2: What is the treatment for postpartum psychosis? _____
Answer: Hospitalization and antipsychotics
Flashcard 3: Metoclopramide may cause _____ syndrome, which presents with symptoms including fever, rigidity, mental status changes, autonomic instability, and rhabdomyolysis
Answer: neuroleptic malignant
Flashcard 4: In addition to schizophrenia, typical antipsychotics are used to treat _____ in many conditions (e.g. bipolar disorder, delirium)
Answer: psychosis
Flashcard 5: Broca's aphasia
Answer: damage to inferior frontal gyrus of dominant frontal lobe
Extra: nonfluent speech, intact comprehension mnemonic: Broca's Broken Boca
Flashcard 6: Wernicke's aphasia
Answer:
Extra: fluent but nonsensical speech, impaired comprehension mnemonic: Wernicke's Wordy Widdershins (widdershins is nonsense in this context) superior temporal gyrus of dominant temporal lobe
Flashcard 7: global aphasia
Answer: damage to both Broca's and Wernicke's areas (dominant frontal and temporal lobes)
Extra: nonfluent speech, impaired comprehension
Flashcard 8: olfaction
Answer: limbic system
Flashcard 9: GABA
Answer: nucleus accumbens
Flashcard 10: Which dopamine receptor is associated with the direct pathway of the basal ganglia?
Answer: D1
mnemonic: D1rect
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