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HY Epid and Beh Sc, - chebli - ArchivalUser - 11-24-2007 Characteristic Disease 1 characteristics of avoidant personality disorder feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to criticism, social inhibition and withdrawl 2 characteristics of schizotypal personality disorder eccentricities of behavior, odd beliefs or magical thinking, relationship difficulties 3 gathers information about sick people in order to characterize a new illness; does not have a control group case series study 4 classifies participants by disease (+) or (-), then looks retrospectively to assess risk factors case-control study 5 follows cases and controls with defined risk factors forward in time to determine if they come down with a disease cohort study 6 type of study that identifies disease prevalence in a population cross-sectional study 7 intervention study in which all study participants receive the intervention; the groups "switch" at some point in time cross-over study 8 prevalence affects which of the following: PPV, NPV, sensitivity, specificity NPV and PPV 9 frequency of an X-linked recessive allele in males is equal to the frequency of the allele in the population 10 in an autosomally-transmitted disease: frequency of males with trait (>/</=) frequency of females with the trait = 11 50% of patients with panic disorder also have what cardiac disorder? MVP 12 if a child screams and cries during a "time out" session, what should the parent do? add another few minutes to the timer (only when unacceptable behavior ENDS does time out end) 13 differentiation between schizophrenia (paranoid type) and paranoid personality disorder no hallucinations in personality disorders 14 define schizoaffective disorder schizophrenia + mood disorder 15 differentiation between schizophrenia (paranoid type) and delusional disorder delusions of delusional disorder are not bizarre; usually no hallucinations with delusional disorder 16 the reward system in the brain is mediated by what neurotransmitter? dopamine 17 Pd characterized by short psychosis, unstable interpersonal relationships, seeing things in "black and white", and self mutilation borderline PD 18 Dad gets mad at Mom. Mom gets mad at dog. This is an example of displacement 19 syndrome of muscle rigidity, hyperpyrexia, CNS alterations, and heart alterations neuroleptic malignant syndrome (caused by antipsychotics and amoxipine) 20 patients who present for assisted suicide usually have (2) poorly-controlled pain, or despression 21 define Jamais vu patient fails to recognize people or situation that have been previously encountered 22 most common type of bias in cohort studies selection (aka sampling) bias 23 can HIV tests be run without the patient's knowledge? YES - if another person is at risk, such as in a needlestick incident 24 name the type of skew: mean<median<mode negative skew 25 how are mean, median, and mode distributed in a positive skew? mean>median>mode 26 attention-seeking behavior, dramatism, inappropriate sexual advances histrionic 27 when both mortality and incidence decrease, improvements have been made in which type of preventive medicine? primary prevention 28 define sublimation the diversion of unacceptable actions into acceptable actions 29 highest PPV for sickle-cell disease would be found in: blacks, whites, asians blacks - remember that as prevalence increase, so does PPV 30 __% of a normally-distributed population will fall within 2 SD of the mean 95% (2.5% at each tail) 31 describe delirium acute change in mental status, can be accompanied by psychosis, waxing/waning consciousness, agitation, irritability 32 differentiate delirium from dementia dementia is insidious and primarily affects memory 33 Erikson's "autonomy vs. shame and doubt" occurs between what ages? 1-3 years 34 characterized by one sole fixed and unshakable delusion delusional disorder 35 a patient with vague or poorly localized complaints might have what disorder? malingering 36 formula for odds ratio ad/bc 37 when does one use the odds ratio? retrospective case-control study 38 when does one use the relative risk? cohort study (prospective study looking at incidence) 39 define social learning learning to behave based on a model 40 What two things MUST happen to make the Dx of PTSD and ASD? reexperiencing the event and dissociative sx 41 the four areas in which patients of 15-17 years can make their own decisions without parental consent or involvement STD treatment, birth control, prenatal care, and substance abuse treatment 42 changes seen in sleep in the elderly decreased total sleep, more awakenings and arousal at night 43 type of reinforcement which entails removal of an aversive stimulus negative reinforcement 44 withdrawl from interaction with others, obsessivity with sameness, and failure to communicate via speech autism 45 difference between autism and Asperger's no language delay in Asperger's 46 what occurs during slow-wave sleep? gross movements, decreases in BP, O2 consumption, HR, and body temp 47 what occurs during REM sleep? loss of muscle tone, dreams, penile erections 48 name some pervasive development disorders autism, asperger's 49 the equation for a 95% CI about a mean mean +/- 2*SEM 50 the equation for a 99% CI about a mean mean +/- 2.5*SEM 51 older men are (more/less) likely than younger men to attempt suicide, and are successful (more/less) often older men are less likely to attempt suicide, but are more often successful 52 put these three activities in order by developmental acquisition: climbing stairs, standing on tip toes, picking up a large ball from the floor stairs (18 mo) > ball (24 mo) > toes (30 mo) 53 IQ test is meant to have a mean of ___ and a SD of __ 100 and 15 54 type of statistical analysis used in a case-control study odds ratio 55 average time a doctor spends per patient 11-15 minutes 56 type of study that gives a measure of incidence cohort study 57 define deviance sum of the squared differences from a mean value 58 test to use when comparing the proportions of patients who have died in a clinical trial chi square 59 cyclothymic disorder is similar (but less severe) that what other major disorder? bipolar I 60 what racial group is more likely to complete suicide? native american male 61 a response is most resistant to extinction if it is learned under which reinforcement schedule? variable ratio 62 children begin to play together at age 4 yrs 63 patients with panic disorder often have what cardiac abnormality? MVP 64 largest source of financing for health care in the US government programs 65 average life expectancy is highest for what gender and race? white females 66 stranger anxiety is common between what ages? 7-9 months 67 separation anxiety is common between what ages? 10-18 months 68 natural aging includes loss of hearing in the (low/high) frequency range high (base of cochlea) 69 does the hearing loss of old age apply to both bone and air conduction? yes 70 what should be a parent's response to a temper tantrum? ignore it 0 - ArchivalUser - 11-24-2007 Dr. chebli, Great job. ![]() lee 0 - ArchivalUser - 11-24-2007 Excelent, thank you! usmlemiracle 0 - ArchivalUser - 11-25-2007 You are all welcome. I have more HY notes if some one is interested! 0 - ArchivalUser - 11-26-2007 Hi Dr Chebli This morning I saw you post UW notes but now I don't see it where it is ? Can you send me that notes ? at : xxbe_nicexx thank in advance Kent 0 - ArchivalUser - 11-26-2007 I have received many request to post the HY notes. It seems that those who are infrequent visitor to this site have not seen the whole HY. Hence, I am bringing them again to the top page. 0 - ArchivalUser - 11-27-2007 ![]() 0 - ArchivalUser - 11-27-2007 ![]() |