Psychotic Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: The nigrostriatal pathway is significantly affected by movement disorders and _____ drugs

Answer: antipsychotic

Flashcard 42: In addition to schizophrenia, typical antipsychotics are used to treat _____ in many conditions (e.g. bipolar disorder, delirium)

Answer: psychosis

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Flashcard 43: Typical and atypical antipsychotics may be used to treat intractable or distressing tics associated with _____ syndrome

Answer: Tourette's

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Flashcard 44: _____ is the desire to live as the opposite sex, often through surgery or hormone treatment, associated with significant distress.

Answer: Gender dysphoria

Extra: Gender dysphoria (DSM-5) replaced the older term "Gender Identity Disorder." It refers to the distress that may accompany the incongruence between one's experienced or expressed gender and one's assigned gender.

Flashcard 45: Autism spectrum disorder is more commonly accompanied by intellectual _____

Answer: disability

Flashcard 46: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is characterized by a triad of _____, ataxia, and confusion

Answer: ophthalmoplegia

Flashcard 47: In addition to schizophrenia, _____ antipsychotics are used to treat treatment-resistant depression

Answer: atypical

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Flashcard 48: Is dementia typically reversible or irreversible? _____

Answer: Irreversible

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Flashcard 49: Narcolepsy is associated with _____ (e.g. hypnagogic and hypnopompic)

Answer: hallucinations

Flashcard 50: Phencyclidine (PCP) is a hallucinogen that works primarily as a(n) _____ receptor _____

Answer: NMDA