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Psychiatry Topics for Entrance Exams</title><content type='html'>1) "&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;CHIZOPHRENIA&lt;/span&gt;(SP).----&lt;br /&gt;Fes.--Thought Alienation, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Thought Insertion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Broadcasting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Suspiciousness&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Conspire against him&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Hallucination of VOICES&lt;/strong&gt;, Paranoid Delusion, Passivity, Delusions in CLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS, Loss of insight occurs,-ve Symp.-Auditory H.,Visual H.,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Delusions of persecution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Increased Psychomotor activity,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;AMBIVALENCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;-seen,Personality deterioration seen, Delusion of Presentation, Delusions of Reference, Delusion of Control,&lt;strong&gt;waxy flexibility&lt;/strong&gt;,Fes. of Affect seen, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;NIHILISTIC IDEAS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; seen,' &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;FIRST RANK SYMP.--Thought Insertion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Delusion of Perception,Hallucination,Thought Alienation phenomenon, ass. with ASTHENIC personalities, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;SP.is a side-effect of Amphetamine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Incidence in India 5-10 per1000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Most common /Pathognomonic Hallucination--AUDITORY H.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, auditory H.-commanding the pt., Autism,Ass.Defect,Ambivalence,Cortisone,&amp;amp;ACTH-causes SP., Prognosis of SP.is improved by/&lt;strong&gt;Good prognosis&lt;/strong&gt; is due to-&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ATYPICAL SYMP&lt;/strong&gt;., &lt;em&gt;Neurotransmittors involved&lt;/em&gt; are =PGE1,NorEpinephrine,5-HT, DOPAMINE is also found in increased quantity, Early SP.-resembles Anxiety neurosis, SP.is more common in low socioeconomic group/class, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;good prognosis is indicated by Early Onset&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, alsp good prognosis--is seen in &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Affective disorder&lt;/span&gt;, BLEULER'S Emphasis--is on Flattened affect, Loose associations, Ambivalence,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rx of SP&lt;/strong&gt;. ---&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;DOC--FLUPHENAZINE,Rx of Auditory H.-CLOZAPINE,Rx of Chronic Resistant SP.-CLOZAPINE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;CATATONIC SP&lt;/span&gt;. --- Grimacing , Defect in Conation, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;First symp. to disappear after Rx/Symp. with Best prognosis--Auditory H.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, C.SP.-mostly occurs in Adolescents, Fes.--Mannerism, Increased Psychomotor activity ,Rigidity, Negativism, Waxy flexibility,Echolalia is also seen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;HEBEPHRENIC SP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. --- has got &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;BAD/WORST Prognosis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Grossly disorganised with severe deterioration,.. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;PARANOID SP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. --- Caused by &lt;em&gt;Amphetamine&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9966;"&gt;GOOD PROGNOSIS &amp; LATE ONSET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Psychosis due to chronic amphetamine intake-resembles-&gt;SP."-----------((47))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) "DEPRESSION---&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;most common D.-post partum psychosis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, pseudodementia seen in D.,&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;drugs causing--Methyldopa,Reserpine,O.C.&lt;/strong&gt;pills&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Propranolol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;strong&gt;Rx of acute D.-&gt;ECT&lt;/strong&gt;., Neurotransmittor Involved is =GABA &amp;amp; DOPAMINE,due to DEFICIENCY OF 5HT.,&lt;br /&gt;MAJOR D.-- death of loved person,UNIPOLAR MAJOR D.--more common in females, Lithium carbonate -least likely to cause serious D.,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEUROTIC D.-- commonest psychiatric illness in India,&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Ravenous appetite&lt;/span&gt; , INCREASED libido , common risk is-&lt;em&gt;Fatigablity&lt;/em&gt; ,&lt;strong&gt;NIHILISTIC DELUSIONS &amp; early morning Insomnia&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;ENDOGENOUS D.---middle age 40-60 yrs.,&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;sucidal tendecy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; most common,&lt;br /&gt;Rx.of D.--&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Cognitive Theraphy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ,DOC.-imipramine,DOC.for Rapid cyclers in Bipolar illness--valproic acid / Carbamazepine , &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;DOC.for D.+CAD(coronary artery disease)--is-MIANSERIN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;."-------------((20))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) "&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MOOD DISORDERS&lt;/span&gt;---seen in Schizoid state , &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MANIA&lt;/span&gt;---is a mood disorder, fes.--Mood Congruent delution, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Delution of Grandeur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neologism characteristic&lt;/strong&gt;, Euphoria&lt;/span&gt;, Suicidal tendencies, pressure of Speech, Insomnia, Basic disturbance--&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;ELATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, ass. With Good Humour, Physical Overactivity,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rx&lt;/strong&gt; of acute mania--is Lithium, drugs used--Haloperidol, Lithium,Carbamazepine,Chlorpromazine,"-------((13))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) "&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER/ NEUROSIS&lt;/span&gt;---characterised by Eleborate, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;checking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Repeated hand washing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Execessive Slowness, &lt;strong&gt;Irresistant Irrational behavior&lt;/strong&gt; , &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fixed at ANAL Stage&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Persistance Irrational thought &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;resisting the Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ,Mostcommon complication--is &lt;em&gt;Depression&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DOC.-Clomipramine,&lt;/strong&gt; Rx-Dugs+&lt;em&gt;Behavior therapy&lt;/em&gt;, Rx of &lt;strong&gt;severe&lt;/strong&gt; intractable OCN--is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Cingulotomy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, DOC.-Fluoxetine, DOC(OCN)--Imipramine" -------------((13))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) "&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;DELUSIONAL DISORDERS&lt;/span&gt;---/DELUSIONS---DEF.-&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;firm false /unshakeable belief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ,seen in schizophrenia, mania, delirium, psychosis,psychotic depression ,it is comprehensible, It is a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Disorder of THINKING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, MOOD CONGUENT DELUSIONS--MANIA &amp;amp; DEPRESSION ,&lt;em&gt;DELUSION-OF-PERSECUTION---seen in schizophrenia&lt;/em&gt;.,"------------((12))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) "&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;HALLUCINATIONS&lt;/span&gt;---&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;disorder of false perception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Visual hallucinations--seen in Alcoholism&lt;/strong&gt; &amp; Organic brain synd./lesion, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Auditory H.--seen in Schizophrenia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Mania, Amphetamine toxicity, Hypnagogic H.--arises when a pt. is falling a sleep"------------((12))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) "&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;ALCOHOL&lt;/span&gt;---morbid jealously seen,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYND.---DOC.-chordiazepoxide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,early morning drinking ,delirium,secretiveness about the amount taken,obessions,delusions,tremulousness,hallucination,hyperactive state,amnestic disorder,&lt;strong&gt;delirium tremens&lt;/strong&gt;,epileptic seizures,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;ALCOHOL ADDICTION---direct evidence-withdrawal symptoms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, ALCOHOLIC BLACK-OUTS---characterised by amnesia for events during drinking,ALCOHOLIC HALLUCINATIONS---occurs &lt;strong&gt;within 24hrs.&lt;/strong&gt;of alcohol intake,ALCOHOLISM---auditory hallucinations,visual hallucinations,delirium ,&amp;amp;amnestic reaction."--------------((11))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) "&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;ECT / ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY&lt;/span&gt;---CI--in Brain Tumour ,Pergnancy ,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Absolutely CI-in-increased ICT.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;commonest side-effect--Amnesia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,it is used in the Rx--of depression &lt;strong&gt;with sucidal tendencies&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Req.&gt;80Mvolts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, memory disturbance-recovers in few days to few wks.,&lt;em&gt;antegrade amnesia&lt;/em&gt; of short duration occurs after ECT.,ECT is not useful in Rx of acute &amp; chronic Schizophrenia, Unilateral ECT--less memory disturbance , "--------------((11))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) "&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;LITHIUM&lt;/span&gt;---Prophylactic Rx-MDP(manic depressive psychosis),used for Rx of Mood disorders,used in prophylaxis-Bipolar MDP,commonest symp.of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;lithium toxicity --is POLYURIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,chronic use of lithium--&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;HYPOTHYROIDISM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, side-effects--hypothyroidism,Leucocytosis,Polyuria, Organs affected in Lithium toxicity--are Brain,Heart,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Kidney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(but not liver), &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Serum Li2+ levels=0.7-1.2meq/l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; , &lt;strong&gt;Lithium induced tremors--Rx Propranolol&lt;/strong&gt; , "--------------((11))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) "DEMENTIA---head injury, alzheimer's,huntington's chorea, multiple infarctions,deficiency of Niacin, Fes.--impaired memory, loss of judgment, &lt;em&gt;loss of learned function&lt;/em&gt;,, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;Reversible cause--post encephalitis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,Common in &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;old age &gt;60yrs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;SUBCORTICAL DEMENTIA&lt;/em&gt;---Tactile agnosia,causes-parkinsonism,wilson's disease ,huntington's chorea,"-------------((10))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11) "PHOBIAS---is a type of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;neurosis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;AGORAPHOBIA--Fear of OPEN Places&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Animal Phobia--occurs at 8yrs. 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Psychiatry Topics for Entrance Exams'/><author><name>Dr.Krishnamurthy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04494154485959827637</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://school.discovery.com/clipart/small/showtellboy.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098261.post-113813162138492767</id><published>2006-01-24T22:13:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-01-26T21:10:14.306+03:00</updated><title type='text'>IMP.Psychiatric Topics.</title><content type='html'>1) "&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;ANXIETY&lt;/span&gt;---anxiety is usually viewed as &lt;em&gt;repressed or forgotten -fear&lt;/em&gt; ,features--hyperventilation,cold extremities,&lt;em&gt;palpitations&lt;/em&gt;,pupillary dilatation,…..&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANXIETY NEUROSIS---acute restlessness &amp; fear of impending doom&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;, anti -anxiety effect--chlorpromazine,TCA,BZD.,"------------((5))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) "&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;COCAINE&lt;/span&gt;---coined by FREUD.,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;jet black pigmentation of tongue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with tactile hallucination ,creeping sensation,&lt;strong&gt;COCAINE-BUGS&lt;/strong&gt;---sensation of bugs crawling all over the body"-----------((5))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) "DELIRIUM---illusions with loss of consciousness&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,acute delerium-impaired consciousness, visual hallucination&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, hyperactivity&amp;amp; Fragmentary Delusions,"-------------((5))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;FREUD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---introduced ---&lt;em&gt;Cocaine&lt;/em&gt; , &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Psychoanalysis&lt;/span&gt; , concept of ""&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;SUPER-EGO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;"" , &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;free association&lt;/span&gt; , "" &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;OEDIPUS COMPLEX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;""--by sigmund freund"----------((5))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) "ANOREXIA NERVOSA---&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;amenorroea-100%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,phobic avoidance of normal wt.,wt.loss seen,over perception of body image,self induced vomiting ,&lt;em&gt;excessive exercise&lt;/em&gt;,evident psychosis,least characteristic--decreased physical activity,&lt;em&gt;false-decreased appetite&lt;/em&gt;,"-----------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) "CANNABIS---&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;medical purposes/uses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;-in-Epilepsy ,glaucoma,nausea,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;Flash black phenomenon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,.CANNABIS ADDICTION---symptomatic,Rx not req.,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;JHAGNAN phenomenon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; seen,"-------------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) "DEFENSE MECHANISIMS---&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;MATURE defense mech.--&gt;Projection &amp; Altruism&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;em&gt;IMP.defense mech.--&gt;Repression&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;strong&gt;RATIONALIZATION--&gt;drinks due to quarrel with wife&lt;/strong&gt; ,"------------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) "DELIRIUM TREMENS---altered cons. ,tremors &amp;amp; visual hallucinations ,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;DOC.-diazepam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;."---------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) "&lt;strong&gt;EGO---works on realitiy principle&lt;/strong&gt; , &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;EGO DEFENSE MECHANISMS---""undoing""-seen in--OCN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Picasso synd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;--Sublimation, Projection , Conversion,Reaction formation, "-----------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) "FUGUE---&amp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;DISOCIATIVE FUGUE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;--- seen in Schizophrenia , hysteria,epilepsy,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;wandering purposefully with some amnesia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, "-----------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11) "&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KORSAKOFF'S PSYCHOSIS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;---long term memory loss ,fes.--loss of Intellectual function but preservation of memory, lack of insight, unable to understand the disability, it is a &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;REVERSIBLE state&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;CONFABULATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; seen,Rx--VIT.B1(THIAMINE)"-------------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;MENTAL RETARDATION---commonest cause--Birth Asphyxia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ( Intellectual deficiency ),&lt;em&gt;MENTALLY ILL---commonest mental illness in Chlidren&lt;/em&gt; --&lt;em&gt;Neuroses&lt;/em&gt;,"------------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13) "NEUROSIS---defective childhood experiences &amp;amp; adjustments &amp; mild mental disorder , &lt;strong&gt;NEUROTIC DISORDERS&lt;/strong&gt;---Anxiety, Hysteria, Phobia, OCN, "-------------((4))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14) "&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;BULIMIA NERVOSA&lt;/span&gt;---episodes of excessive&amp;amp;uncontrolled eating , &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;carries teeth , inducing vomiting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;,"----------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;CATATONIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---FES.-&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;automatic obedience&lt;/span&gt;,cataplexy,&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;negativism&lt;/span&gt;,is seen in &lt;strong&gt;Schizophrenia&lt;/strong&gt;,CATATONIA STUPOROUS---&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;waxy flexibility&lt;/span&gt; is characteristic."---------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;CONFABULATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;making stories to fill up gaps in memory loss , seen in alcoholism ,korsakoff psychosis&lt;/span&gt;"--------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17) "&lt;em&gt;FLASH BACK PHENOMENON&lt;/em&gt;---seen in Cannabis , Psilocybin , LSD.,"---------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;HYPERKINETIC DISORDER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---LOW I.Q., &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;low Attention SPAN&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;poor impulse control&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, increase in Anger outburst, DOC-AMPHETAMINE.,"------------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19) "LSD--Flash Blacks &amp;amp; Bad Trips , LSD Intoxication--&gt; panic,confusion,Hyperreflexia, "------------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20) "NOCTURNAL ENURESIS---&lt;strong&gt;DOC.-Imipramine&lt;/strong&gt;, occurs in &lt;strong&gt;Stage IV sleep&lt;/strong&gt; , "------------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;OPIOID WITHDRAWAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---Rx nonaddicting drug --&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Clonidine is used&lt;/span&gt;, OPIUM WTHDRAWAL---fes.-Lacrimation"---------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;ORGANIC BRAIN SYND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.---Visual Hallucination, Disorientation seen , &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;bender gestalt test&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"---------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23) "PANIC DISORDERS---DOC.--Diazepam, sudden attacks of anxiety with fear"-----------((3))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24) "&lt;strong&gt;PSYCHOANALYSIS&lt;/strong&gt;---coined by &lt;strong&gt;Freud&lt;/strong&gt; , this Tech. 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Between psy.Impotence &amp;amp; Organic I.--is diagnosed by monitoring of Penile TUMESCENCE during sleep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; ,"-----------((2))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16) "INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT---I.Q.= (mental age X 100)/ chronological age (%), &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;I.Q. 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Choice in wt. reduction prog.,---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23) "&lt;strong&gt;DRUG DEPENDENCE&lt;/strong&gt;---is due to &lt;strong&gt;withdrawal symptoms&lt;/strong&gt; ,"---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24) "EXHIBITIONISM---shameless exposure of genitals ,"-------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;25) "FETISHISM---obtaining Sexual excitement with inanimate objects , "--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;26) FREE ASSOCIATION---coined by FREUD.,------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;27) "&lt;strong&gt;GANSER'S SYND&lt;/strong&gt;.---inappropriate answer...... , "--------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;28) HASHISH---active substance—TetraHydroCannabinol,----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;29) "HEROIN---withdrawal fes.--Yawing, muscle cramps, Hypersomnia, HTN.,"---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30) "HICCOUGH---Intractable--DOC-chlorpromazine/Largactil , "--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;31) ILLUSIONS---,------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;32) "IMIPRAMINE---antidepressant ,DOC--in nocturnal enuresis , "--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;33) INSOMNIA---&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Familial Fatal Insomnia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;--seen in &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;PRION disease&lt;/span&gt;,-------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;34) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;KLEPTOMANIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Irresistible ure to STEAL things of LITTLE value&lt;/span&gt;,---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;35) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;La Belle Indifference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---seen in &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Dissociative disorders&lt;/span&gt; ,"--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;36) LUCID INTERVAL---seen in &lt;em&gt;INSANITY&lt;/em&gt;,------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;37) least addictive---DihyroxyPropoxyphene,-----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;38) MAOIS---induced hypertensive crisis-Rx--&gt;reversed with Phentolamine,----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;39) "&lt;strong&gt;MANDRAX&lt;/strong&gt;---is combination of &lt;strong&gt;HYPNOTIC + ANTI-HISTAMINE&lt;/strong&gt;,"----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;40) "MASOCHISM---sexual partner are aroused &amp; gratified by whipping ,"------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;41) "MEMORY---RECENT--CENTRE--HIPPOCAMPUS ,"-------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;42) "METHADONE---used in maintainance of Rx of opium dependence/ ?Withdrawal ,"-------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;43) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;MORPHINE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---addiction , &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Withdrawal is done with Clonidine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ,"---------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;44) MYXEDEMA---ass. with depression ,-----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;45) "&lt;strong&gt;MUNCHAUSEN SYND&lt;/strong&gt;.---&lt;strong&gt;factitious disorder&lt;/strong&gt; ,"---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;46) "NARCOLEPSY---symp.--Cataplexy , Sleep acttacks, Sleep paralysis, "-----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;47) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;NIGHT TERRORS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;-seen in &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;NREM sleep&lt;/span&gt;--TOC.-clonazepam,"-------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;48) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NYMPHOMANIA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---not a compulsive &amp;amp; &lt;em&gt;habit forming disorder&lt;/em&gt; , "---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;49) ORGANIC AMNESTIC SYND.---most common cause—Concussion,----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;OTHELLO SYND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.---&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Delusion of Infidelity on part of Sexual partner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,-----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;51) PARANOID DISORDER---Pseudocommunity,---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;52) PERSONALITY DISORDERS---BORDERLINE-sucidal tendencies,--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;53) PHENCYCLIDINE---ass. With DEPERSONALISATION,-----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;54) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;PICASSO SYND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.---&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;painter obsession developed into artistic painting&lt;/span&gt;, "--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;55) PROJECTION---mature defense mech.,------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;56) "PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATION---seen in Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Inability for Erection, Inability to take deep breath , Pain,"--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;57) "&lt;strong&gt;PSYCHOTHERAPY&lt;/strong&gt;---PSYCHOANALYTICAL---Insight therapy, Behavioral therapy &amp; SUPPORTIVE therapy, "--------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;58) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PUNISHMENT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;inflicting pain to get rid of a bad habit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; ,--------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;59) "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUNCH DRUNKENNESS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ---is ass. With &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;BOXING&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.,"--------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;60) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;BRIEF REACTIVE PSYCHOSIS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;---&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;after loss of loved-one's&lt;/span&gt;,--------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;61) REINFORCEMENT---+ve R.-? Conditioned learning,----------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;62) "SLEEP DEPRIVATION---leads to decreased mental altertness,"----------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;63) SLEEP-WALKING-somnabulism--seen in NREM STAGE 3/4 Sleep,-------(1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;64) "STUPOR---DEPRESSIVE--loss of power in all 4 limbs, Waxy Flexibility of muscle tone in limbs,"-------------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;65) "SUPERSTITION---a False belief unexplained by reality ( Shared by a number of persons/people ) ,"---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;66) SUPER-EGO---coined by Sigmund Freund,--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;67) "TARDIVE DYSKINESIA---due to Reserpine,HALOPERIDOL,"--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;68) "&lt;strong&gt;THINKING---ABSTRACT&lt;/strong&gt;--similarity between chair &amp;amp; table-&gt;both has 4 legs,"-------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;69) "&lt;em&gt;THIORIDAZINE&lt;/em&gt;---side-effect--&lt;em&gt;Pigmentary Retinopathy&lt;/em&gt;,"--------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;70) "THERMATIC PERCEPTION TEST---by Wechslers , "---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;71) WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY----Rx-Thiamine supplement,---------((1))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;72) EIGHT STAGE CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN LIFE---BY ERIKSON ,-----------((1))&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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