Child and Adolescent psychiatry Flashcards
fetal alcohol syndrome can give what psychiatric condition in kids?
ADHD
oppositional defiant disorder symptoms
frequent loss of temper, arguing, becoming easily angered or annoyed
refuses to obey adults request
associated with impaired parenting
ADHD symptoms
distracted
organisation problems
aggression
poor cognitive control
stronger genetic component than ODD
basic physiology behind ADHD
low white matter connectivity
autism spectrum disorder
syndrome of persistent, pervasive and distinctive behavioural abnormalities
the ABCD of dementia
Activities of daily living
Behavioural and psychiatric symptoms
cognitive impairment
decline
what causes dementia in old people?
alzheimers
vascular dementia
lewy body dementia
mixed alzheimers and vascular
speeds of dementia and delirium!!!
delirium is ACUTE
dementia is chronic/ gradual/ progressive
what imaging would you use in alzheimers?
MRI
see temporal lobe atrophy
what drugs are used to treat dementia?
ACE inhibitors
anti psychotics
antidepressants
important lifestyle choice/ function to remember to look into in people with dementia
DVLA
