Psychotic Disorders — Flashcards

Is it normal if elderly patients get lost in familiar territory? _____

Compared to typical antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics are _____ likely to cause extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)

Hint: more/less

_____ is a type of conversion disorder characterized by forced eye closure, side-to-side or body movements, memory recall of the event, and lack of post-ictal confusion

What psychiatric disorder is characterized by the persistent and intense desire to be the opposite sex, which causes significant distress? _____

Is malingering a mental illness? _____

Absence seizures may be differentiated from inattentive staring spells by the presence of _____

Steroids and psychotic symptoms is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Benzodiazepine withdrawal is characterized by delirium _____

Hint: T/F

Vital sign changes (tachy, hypertensive) and tremors and anxiety 2-4 days after surgery is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

What time of day is typically associated with worsening of delirium? _____