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Psych exam 1 - Dr. Harris lectures StudyGuide. Psychiatry - answera medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders psychiatrists - answermedical doctors who undergo a full medical education and additional training in the treatment of mental dis...

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Psych exam 1 - Dr. Harris lectures
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Psychiatry - answer✔a medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of mental

and behavioral disorders


psychiatrists - answer✔medical doctors who undergo a full medical education and additional

training in the treatment of mental disorders


disorder - answer✔diagnosable medical condition with identifiable symptoms, although the

fundamental cause is unknown


disease - answer✔diagnosable medical condition with identifiable symptoms that may be traced

to a specific underlying biological dysfunction


beneficence - answer✔doing good for the patient


nonmaleficence - answer✔avoiding harm to the patient


autonomy - answer✔respect for the patient's status as an individual with human rights


justice - answer✔to treat all patients equally and equitably

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who was the first to conceptualize the biopsychosocial model of disease? - answer✔Dr. George

Engel (1977)


biopsychosocial model of disease - answer✔the idea that the causes and effects of disease are a

combination of biological, psychological, and social factors


DSM-5 - answer✔the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of

Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders




-either an individual meets the diagnostic criteria or they do not.


MMSE - answer✔mini mental status exam


-30 point questionnaire to measure cognitive impairment


PHQ-9 - answer✔Patient Health Questionnaire


-9-point questionnaire to screen for presence of severity of depression

-scores each of the 9 DSM-5 criteria for depression


GAD-7 - answer✔generalized anxiety disorder


-7-point questionnaire used to screen for and measure the severity of anxiety


MDQ - answer✔Mood Disorder Questionnaire


-screening for bipolar spectrum disorder

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what symptoms does the MDQ focus on? - answer✔mania and hypomania


AIMS - answer✔abnormal involuntary movement scale


-used to detect and monitor the severity of tardive dyskinesia

-helps clinicians weigh benefit/expected benefit against the degree of distress that the side effects

are causing to the patient


psychiatric interview - answer✔fundamental process for gathering information for psychiatric

practice

-equivalent to physical exam in other specialties


what is the result of a psychiatric interview? - answer✔mental status examination


Mental Status Examination components - answer✔AMSIT


A- Appearance, Attitude

M - Mood

S - Sensorium

I - intellectual

T - Thought Patterns and Content


Appearance - answer✔-describe patient: age, stated gender


-attitude: cooperative, uncooperative, belligerent, uninterested

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