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COMAT Psychiatry Exam Study Guide Solutions DSM-IV Axes - ANSWER-*Axis I* = All mental illness EXCEPT personality disorders & mental retardation *Axis II* = Personality disorders & Mental retardation *Axis III* = General medical conditions *Axis IV* = Psychosocial & Environmental problems *Ax...

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DSM-IV Axes - ANSWER✔✔-*Axis I* = All mental illness EXCEPT personality

disorders & mental retardation




*Axis II* = Personality disorders & Mental retardation




*Axis III* = General medical conditions




*Axis IV* = Psychosocial & Environmental problems




*Axis V* = Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score


Psychosis




- Symptoms


- Medical causes - ANSWER✔✔-*Symptoms*


- Abnormal perception of reality


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,- Hallucinations + Delusions + Disorganized thinking




*Medical Causes*


- CNS disease


- Endocrinopathies


- Nutritional/Vitamin deficiencies


Disorders of thought *Content* vs. *Process* - ANSWER✔✔-*Content* = reflects

patient's beliefs & interpretation of his surroundings




*Process* = how patient links words/thoughts together


Delusions




- Definition


- Paranoid delusion


- Ideas of reference


- Thought broadcasting


- Delusions of grandeur



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,- Delusion of guilt - ANSWER✔✔-Fixed, false beliefs that cannot be changed by rational

argument + *not accounted for by culture background*




- *Paranoia delusion* = belief that one is being persecuted




- *Ideas of reference* = belief that an event is uniquely related to the patient




- *Thought broadcasting* = belief that one's thoughts can be heard by others




- *Delusions of grandeur* = belief that one has special powers




- *Delusion of guilt* = belief that one is guilty/responsible for something


*Hallucination Types* - What are they commonly associated with?




- Visual


- Auditory


- Olfactory



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, - Gustatory


- Tactile


- Hypnagogic


- Hypnapompic - ANSWER✔✔-*Visual* = medical illness > psychiatric illness


- Most common in *drug intoxication*




*Auditory* = psychiatric illness > medical illness


- Most common in *schizophrenics*




- *Olfactory* = aura of seizure




- *Gustatory* = rare; seizures




- *Tactile* = Alcohol & Cocaine abuse/withdrawal




- *Hypnagogic* = occurs when *going* to sleep; Narcolepsy




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