BAD_EO Flashcards

1
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What are the specifiers of a manic episode? (Total=7)

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Anxious distress
Psychothic features
Mixed features
Peripartum onset
Catatonia
Remission
Severity
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What are the specifiers of depressive episode? (Total=9)

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anxious distress
Psychotic features
Mixed features
Atypical features
Melancholic features
Peripartum onset
Catatonia
Remission
Severity
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What are the periods where suicides are higher?

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During hospital admissions (14%) and six weeks after discharge (26%)

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What are the main factors associated with suicide deaths ? (Total=8)

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Male gender
Older age
Current episode of depression(70% of deaths and suicide attemps occur during this phase), mixed or manic with psychotic features
Hopelessness or psychomotor agitation during the current episode
Comorbidity of anxiety disorder
First-degree relatie with mood disorder or suicide
Prior suicide attempt
Psychosocial precipitant present within the first week of death

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What are the features suggestive of bipolarity? (Total of 9)

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Hypersomnia
Hyperphagia
Other atypical depressive sx such as leaden paralysis
Psychomotor retardation
Psychotic features and-or pathological guilt
Lablility of mood: irritability;racing thoughts;psychomotor agitation
Early onset of depression (avant 25 ans)
Multiple prior episodes (plus que 5)
Positive family hx of BAD

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What is first-line treatment of adjunctinve psychological treatment of bipolar disorder?

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Psychoeducation only for maintenance (level 2)

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What is second-line recommendation for adjunctive psychological treatment for bipolar disorder?

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CBT and Family-focused therapy for maintenance and depression

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What is third line recommendation for adjunctive psychological treatment of bipolar disorder?

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IPSRT for maintance and depression

Peer support only for maintenance

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What are first line monotherapy agents for mania? (Total=8)

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Lithium
Quetiapine
Epival
Asenapine
Aripiprazole
Paliperidone
Risperidone
Cariparazine
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What are first-line combination therapy for mania? (Total=4)

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Quetiapine+Li-DVP
Aripiprazole +Li-DVP
Risperidone +Li-DVP
Asenapine +Li-DVP

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Percentage of response in mania?

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50% to monotherapy within 3-4 weeks. 20% more to combination thx.

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12
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Lithium is preferred over epival when individual displays which features?

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Classic euphoric grandiose mania
Few prior episodes of illness
A mania-depressive-euthymic course of disease
Family hx of lithium response

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13
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Epival is preferred over lithium in individuals who display which features?

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Equally effective in those with classical and dysphoric mania
Multiple prior episodes
Predominant irritable mood
Comorbid SUD
History of head trauma
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Carbamazepine may be preferred in individuals who display which features?

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History of head trauma
Comorbid anxiety and substance use
Schizoaffective presentation with mood-incongruent delusions
Negative hx of BAD in first-degree relatives

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Which tx has evidence for mixed features in mania?

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Combination therapy with atypical antipsychotics and epival.
Asenapine, aripiprazole, olanzapine and ziprasidone have been shown to be equally effective in tx mania with mixed features.

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16
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Which medication may have specific anxiolytic benefits to treat mania with anxious distress?

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Epival, quetiapine, olanzapine and carbamazepine.

17
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What are the first-line treatments for depression in BAD1? (Total=6)

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Quetiapine
Lurasidone +Li-DVT
Lithium
Lamotrigine
Lurasidone
Lamotrigine + Li-DVT
18
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What are the second-line tx for depression in BAD1? (Total=5)

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DVT
SSRIs-Bupropion
ECT
Cariprazine
Olanzapine-fluoxetine
19
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In BAD1-depression episode, a lack of improvement is predictor of non-response after how long ?

A

2 weeks

20
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Name a few third line therapy for BAD1-depression episode

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Aripiprazole (level 4)
Carbamazepine (level 2)
Olanzapine (level 1)
Modafinil adj (level 2)
Synthroid adj (level 3)
TMSr adj (level 2)
21
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Name good agents to help with anxious distress in BAD1-depression episode

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Quetiapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine-fluoxetine

22
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Name a good treatment for melancholic features in BDA1-depression episode

A

ECT

23
Q

What is associated with rapide cycling that you need to rule out before choosing an agent?

A

Hypothyroidism
Substance use
Antidepressants

24
Q

Best agents for in the acute and maintenance phases (i.e. to consider if rapid cycling patients)

A

Quetiapine
DVP
Lithium
Olanzapine

25
Q

What are the risk features of recurrence of a mood episode in BAD1?

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Younger age of onset
Psychotic features
Rapid cycling
More (and more frequent) episode
Comorbid anxiety and SUD
26
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What are the first-line tx for maintenance in BAD1? (Total=8)

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Lithium
Quetiapine
DVP
Lamotrigine
Asenapine
Quetiapine +Li-DVP
Aripiprazole + Li-DVP
Aripiprazole (PO and LAI)
27
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What are second line tx recommended in maintenance in BAD1?

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Olanzapine
Risperidone (LAI)
Risperidone LAI adj
Carbamazepine
Paliperidone
Lurasidone + Li-DVP
Ziprasidone + Li-DVP
28
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What are the recommendations for tx of acute hypomania in BAD2?

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Lack of evidence.
When hypomania is frequent, severe, or impairing, clinicians should consider mood stabilizers such as lithium and DVP and-or atypical antipsychotics.

29
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What are the first-line and second-line tx for acute depression in BAD2? (Total=1 ; 6)

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First-line: quetiapine (L1)
Second-line:
Lithium L2
Lamotrigine L2
Buproprion adj L2
ECT L3
Sertraline L2
Venlafaxine L2
30
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What are tx recommendations for maintenance of BAD2?

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First-line:
Quetiapine
Lithium
Lamotrigine

Seconde-line: venlafaxine

31
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SSx of lithium toxicity?

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Neuro: tremors, fasciculations, weakness, confusion, seizures, coma
GI: No, Vo, Do and cramps
Cardio: flattening of T waves and arrythmias
Thyroid: coma myxoedemateux
Renal: acidose renale tubulaire, AKI

32
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Tx of lithium toxicity?

A
Fluids +++
Hemodyalysis if :
- Li level superior to 4mmol
-Li level superior to 2.5mmol and symptomatic
-Sx neurologic (eg seizures)
33
Q

What increases Lithium level and what decreases li level?

A

Increase:

  • NSAIDs
  • ACE-inhibitors
  • ARBs
  • Thiazides
  • Calcium channel blockers
  • decrease of salt in your diet
  • dehydration

Decreases:

  • Caffein
  • Theophiline
  • spironolactone
34
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What is the half life of valproate?

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5 to 20 hours

So, BID administration

35
Q

Dosing of valproate?

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Loading dose 20-30mg-kg-day
Then 15mg-kg-day
Increase by 250-500 Q1-3day to reach 525 to 850 umol-L (700 in maintenance). Max usually 60mg-kg

36
Q

Side effects of valproate?

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GI 
sedation
hair loss
leucopenia and thrombocytopenia
Hepatotoxicity (if combined with other anticonvulsivant or liver disease)
Weight gain
Pancreatits
PCOS
Tremor
37
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Explain drug interaction between valproate and lamictal.

A

Valproate inhibits glucouride conjugation which increases lamictal level. When lamictal prescribed with valproate, reduce lamictal dose by 50%