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what are the goals of psychological assesment
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description, prediction, diagnosis, treatment and planning
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What 4 ways psych. assesssments can be used in medical settings
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"-differential diagnosis
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what is a trait
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underlying stable attribute
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what is a state
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"how are you doing now?
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what is the extent to which a score ro a test is free of measurement error
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reliability
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what are the major uses of a psych assessment in the military
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"-fit for duty eval.
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A measure of the consistency of the test under varying conditions
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reliability
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what are 3 criteria for reliability
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"-internal consistency
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the degree to which a test measures what it is intended to measure is?
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validity
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the degree to which the test represtents the material covered in class"
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content validity
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the extent at which a test forecasts scores on the criterion at some future point"
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predictive validity
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aka whether a scale measures or correlates with the theorized psychological construct (e.g., ""fluid intelligence"") that it purports to measure"
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costruct validity
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rapid hearbeat, dry mouth, sweating, stomach ache, dizziness adn desire to urinate"
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anxiety
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A person who cannot recall the information they knew or memorized before the test. After handing in the test and leaving the room they are able to recall everything. This is called?
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test anxiety
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what type of ppl are likely to have test anxiety
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conscientious, work hard, have high expectations
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what stategies can you use to decrease test anxiety
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"-improve test taking skills
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what are some psych assesment tech.?
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"-clinical interview
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what is the most commonly used, most versatile psych test
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clinical interview
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what is the stanford binet intelligence scale used for
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"-first used to predict children who need special schooling
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stanford binet or wechsler intelligence test?"
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wechsler
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how are the 3 wechsler test grouped
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"by age
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what is the mean and standard deviation for the wechsler test
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"mean=100
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what are the 3 types of IQ given from the wechsler test
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"-verbal
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What factors does IQ not take into account when determining intelligence
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motivation, family and personal circumstances, difficulty in curriculum
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what kind of tests are the rorschach inkblot tests and the thematic apperception test (TAT)
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projective personality tests
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A test that is based on the assumption that ppl's true unconscious motives must be drawn out indirectly is a?
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projective personality test
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what are the major advantages and disadvantages to the projective personality tests
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"-patient has the most freedom to express themselves
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what kind of test is the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
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objective personality test
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what test uses self descriptive statments endorsed by new patients to those endorsed by groupd of ppl diagnosed as schizophrenia, depressive etc?
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minnesota personality inventory
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what test describes certain traits of an individual that are useful in predicting behavior
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objective personality tests
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what is a major disadvantage of objective personality tests
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#NAME?
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what are self reporting questionaires usually used for
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"depression, suicide, anxiety, eating disorders, PTSD
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-primary care PTSD screen"
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self reporting questionaires
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sleep difficulties, fatigue, lack of sexual interest "
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depression
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what does the becks depression inventory screen for?
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depression!!!
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A score of 16 on the BDI-II would indicate?
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"mild depression
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what is the center for epidemiologiv studies depression scale used for?
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identify communities with depression
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what does becks anxiety inventory test for
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anxiety
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when a person fears the worst, feels they must guard against anticipated disater and is apprehensive, they are
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anxious
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what is IBS a co-morbidity of
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anxiety
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A patient with 17 on the beck anxiety inventory is
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"moderately anxious
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A person who feels detached from others, feels like they are constantly on guard, and avoids situation that remind them of frightening experiences would test positive on the
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primary care post traumatic stress disorder test
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what kind of test measures motor, socail, perceptual, sensory and cognitive skills of infants and young children?
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developmental tests
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the bayles scale of infant development test what?
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"cognitve, language and motor
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what test is used to diagnose mental retardation
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vineland adaptive behavior scales
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what are the 4 domains of adaptive behavior
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communication, daily living skills, socialization, motor skills
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what does an aptitude test measure
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"measures ones potential capcity for future learning
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what does and achievement test test>
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"-tests what you have already learned
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woodcock johnson psychoeducational battery, wider range achievement test"
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achievement tests
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when requesting a psych assesment what 5 steps should you follow?
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"1. formulate a referral question
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what test has low interjudge reliability
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rorschach or TAT
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what does the milllon clincal multiaxial inventory test
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personality function with a T/F format similar to the MMPI
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what branch of psychology aims to understand how brain structure and function impact cognition and behavior?
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neuropsychology
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true or false the neuropsychologist detemines both the strengths and weakness determined during the eval
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true
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what are some developemental neuropsych. impairments
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downs syndrome, attention and learning disorders
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what is an acquired neuropsych impairment
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"TBI
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what are some indicators of TBI
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"-eval with MACE
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what are some causes of TBI
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"-diffuse axonal injury (streching/shearing
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how do you treat TBI
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"therapy
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what is a progressive brain disorder taht results in significant impairment of cognitive abilities and functioning
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dementia
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what the difference btween alzheimers and vascular dementia
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"alzheimers- impairments in language, attention, visuospatial, organization/planning
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what disease is associated with lower processing speed, attentional problems, depression and anxiety
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Multiple sclerosis
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what has symptoms of a wide variety of cognitive impairments and/or altered mental status due to toxins in the blood
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hepatic encephalopathy
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what drug or toxin causes impairments in memory , attention, visiospatial and motor skills
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carbon monoxide posioning
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hypoxia causes what impairments
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memory and motor
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neoplasms cause what impairments
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varies based on the tissue destoryed
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when a patient neurological exam produces ambiguous results or a second opinion is needed one should?
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refer to a neuropsych
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when you want additional information for diagnosis, monitoring and planning of patients with known neurlogical dysfunction one should?
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refer to the neuropsychiatrist
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when comprehensize standardized data regarding cognitive abilities is needed to investigate and document possible cognitive impairment you should
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refer for a neuropsych assesment
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when a patient has a complicated/unusual condition with mutliple co-morbid psychiatric conditions you should
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refer him for a neuropsychologist
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what can neuropsychological diagnosis tell you about your patient
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"-subtle signs ans symptoms of a disorder
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give some examples of how the neuropsych. eval can be useful to physisians
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"it can help them decided if there patients can:
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what is the normal quanity of sleep for a newborn
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10.5-18hrs
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what is the normal quanity of sleep for a infant
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9-12hrs at night and 30min to 2hr naps 1to 4 times a day
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what is the normal quanity of sleep for a toddler
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12-14 hrs
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what is the normal quanity of sleep for a preschooler
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11-13hrs
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what is the normal quanity of sleep for a school aged children
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11-Oct
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what is the normal quanity of sleep for a teen
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8.5-9.25
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what is the normal quanity of sleep for an adult
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7-9hrs
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what can be health consequences of inadequate sleep
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"-increased mortality, cardiovascular disease and diabetes
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Decreased work productivity/schoool performance and increased sick days can be due to
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sleep deprivation
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ppl who get btween 5-6hrs of sleep are moe obese than those that get more sleep "
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true
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how does total sleep deprivation affect you
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"-psychomotor performance
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what are the effects of sleep restriction
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"-deactivated prefrontal cortex
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what are some effects of sleep deprivation of interns of residence?
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"-increased rate of medical errors
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A patient who has difficulty intiating/maintaining sleep, often wakes up early with nonrestorative sleep has....
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insomina
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what are risk factors for insomnia
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"-increases with age
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how do you treat insomnia
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"psychological treatments
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when a patient has recurrent collapse of pharyngeal airway during sleep, this cause them to become arose and wake, this is caused by?
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obstructive sleep apnea
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snoring, witnessed apnea, nocturnal chokin, insomnia, "
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obstructive sleep apnea
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what is the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea
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"CPAP
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what is central sleep apnea ?
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when you lack drive to breathe during sleep resulting in periods of insufficient ventilation
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what are hypersomnias
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disorders where you sleep too much ex narcolepsy
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true or false narcoleptics cant stay awake during the day and cant stay asleep during the night
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true
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EDS, cataplesy, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations "
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what is cataplexy
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abrupt loss of bilateral muscle tone
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how can you confirm narcolepsy
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with nocturnal polsomnography and then MLST
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how do you treat narcolepsy
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with modafinil, sodium oxybate, amphetamine and naps
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what the difference btwn primary and secondary circadian rhythm disorders
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"primary- delayed or advanced sleep phase, irregular sleep pattern, non-24h cycle
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what are some therapies for circadian rhythm disorders
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"-delay sleep for 2-3hrs till reach desired sleep period
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true or false ulcers are related to circardian rhythm disorders
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"true
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what are some sleep related movement disorders
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"restless leg syndrome (RLS), periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS)
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how do you diagnosis RLS
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"history
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how do you diagnosis PLMS
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"sleep lab
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what are some parasomnias
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"confusional arousal
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what sleep disorder is assocaited with parkinsons, narcolepsy and PTSD
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REM sleep behavior disorder
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frequent nightmares is a sign of
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PTSD
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whats the difference between night terror and night mare
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"night terror wake up screaming bu tdont knwo why
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sleep disorders are underdiagnosised "
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TRUE
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