QotM (Question of the Moment):
In a study of haloperidol versus trazodone to treat agitation in dementia, which had a sustained effect on agitation?
Answer to previous QoTM:
Huntington’s Disease.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
Which neurological disorder is thought to have the highest rate of suicide?
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
A person with poor self-care, perseveration, echolalia, poor organization and planning skills, apathy, and abulia would have damage to this specific brain area.
Answer to previous QotM:
Selective abstraction.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
In cognitive therapy, what term describes the tendency to focus on a detail taken out of context and to conceptualize the experience on the basis of this element?
Answer to previous QotM:
Children
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
PTSD is most common in what age group?
Answer to previous QoTM:
Nausea and dizziness.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
What are the two most common side effects of Buspar?
Answer to previous QotM:
Alcohol withdrawal.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
What is the most common cause of hallucinations in the hospital setting?
Answer to previous QotM:
Lithium (in addition to its cutaneous side effects of acne and alopecia). Beta blockers can also exacerbate psoriasis.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
Which mood stabilizer is most commonly implicated in the exacerbation of psoriasis?
Answer to previous QotM:
Secondary narcissism.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
What does an individual choosing to associate with individuals like himself exhibit?
Answer to previous Question of the Moment (QotM):
Deficit Model.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes created by S. Hinds, M.D.
QotM (Question of the Moment):
Weakened or absent psychic structures causing psychopathology is characteristic of what model of psychological illness in psychodynamic psychotherapy?
Answer to previous Question of the Moment (QotM):
REM sleep.
Questions of the Moment are derived from notes compiled by S. Hinds, M.D.