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What are the core features of depression?

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Depressed mood
Loss of interest (anhedonia)
Lack of energy (anergia)

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What are additional symptoms of depression?

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Loss of confidence/senf-esteem
Unreasonable feelings of self-reproach or excessive guilt
Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
Decreased ability to think or concentrate, indecisiveness
Change in psychomotor activity - agitation or retardation
Bleak and pessimistic views of the future
Sleep disturbance
Change in appetite and corresponding weight change

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What is psychomotor retardation?

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Slowing of thoughts and reduction of physical movements, speech and affect

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How are appearance and behaviour altered in depression?

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Reduced eye contact
Reduced facial expression
Limited gesturing (psychomotor retardation)
Difficult to establish rapport

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Describe speech in depression

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Slow
Lowered in pitch
Quiet
Monotonous (reduced intonation)
Increased latencies (longer time between end of a question and them starting to speak)
Limited content (answers are often short, brief, and unembellished)

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Describe mood in depression

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Low, down, miserable, unhappy, sad, flat, empty, black, numb

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Describe affect in depression

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Reduced range - stays low throughout

Limited reactivity

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Describe thoughts in depression

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Form - normal
Flow - slow
Content
- Negative, failure, guilt, low self esteem, pessimism
- Delusions - of poverty, nihilism, hypochondriasis
- Suicidal thinking

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Describe perception in depression

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Most have no perceptual disturbance
Increased self-referential thinking (people are talking about me)
Hallucinations (usually auditory, second person and derogatory, negative and depression)

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Describe cognition in depression

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Slow
Poor memory (inattention)
‘Pseudo-dementia’
Deficits in working memory, attention and planning

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Describe insight in depression

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Insight preserved
Aware of their symptoms - recognition intact
Attribution not always correct - symptoms can be blamed on sins, physical illness, personal failings

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What are the subtypes of depression?

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Somatic syndrome
Atypical depression
Psychotic depression
Chronic depression

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What is somatic syndrome?

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4 of the following present:

  • Marked loss of interest or pleasure in activities that are normally pleasurable
  • Lack of emotional reactions to events or activities that normally produce an emotional response
  • Waking in the morning 2 hours before the usual time (early morning wakening)
  • Depression worse in the morning
  • Objective evidence of marked psychomotor retardation or agitation (remarked on or reported by others)
  • Marked loss of appetite
  • Weight loss (5% or more of body weight in the past month)
  • Marked loss of libido
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What is atypical depression?

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Mood reactivity - mood brightens in response to actual/potential positive events
Weight gain or increase in appetite
Hypersomnia
Leaden paralysis - heavy feeling in arms or legs
Long-standing pattern of interpersonal rejection sensitivity

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What is psychotic depression?

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Depression with psychotic features

Occasionally paranoid

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What is chronic depression?

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2 years of depression

Not necessarily treatment refractory

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What is the medical differential of depression?

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Hypothyroidism
Cushing's
Syphilis
SLE
Drugs: steroids, isotretinoin, B blockers
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What are the psychiatric differentials of depression?

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Bipolar
Schizophrenia
Generalised anxiety disorder
Substance misuse
Dementia
Dysthymia
Bereavement reaction
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How would you differentiate depression from bipolar disorder?

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Have you ever had periods of the opposite where your mood has been very high?

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How would you differentiate depression from schizophrenia?

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Have you ever experienced anything (seeing or hearing) that others haven’t or had thoughts that seemed unusual but you weren’t able to shake?

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How would you differentiate depression from generalised anxiety disorder?

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Do you feel yourself anxious, any physical symptoms of anxiety?

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What is dysthymia?

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Chronic mild depression for a minimum of 2 years in which episodes are either not long enough or severe enough to meet criteria for depression

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What is the criteria for depression?

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Symptoms for minimum 2 weeks

Presence of at least 2 of the core symptoms

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What is classed as mild depression?

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2 core symptoms + 2 additional symptoms

In distress but able to continue with activities of daily living

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What is classed as moderate depression?

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2 core symptoms + 4 additional symptoms

Associated difficulty in carrying out activities of daily living

26
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What is classed as severe depression?

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3 core symptoms + 5 additional symptoms
Associated with hopelessness, worthlessness, suicidal ideation, somatic symptoms and complete inability to carry out activities of daily living

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What is the management of depression?

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Reassure the patient that in time, mood will get better
Self-supportive measures (self-help, talk to people, exercise, activities you used to enjoy)
CBT
Antidepressants
ECT

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How long should antidepressants be continued for? (for a first episode, and subsequent episodes)

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First episode - at least 6 months after full recovery w/o reducing dose
Second+ episode - at least 1-2 years after full recovery w/o reducing dose
May be needed lifelong

29
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When is ECT used?

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Life-saving or very treatment resistant cases

When a quicker response than anti-depressants can offer is needed

30
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What are the classes of antidepressants?

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Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRI)
Tricyclics
Serotonin and Noradrenaline Re-Uptake Inhibitors (SNRI)
Noradrenaline and Serotonin Specific Antidepressant (mirtazapine)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors

31
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What is the first line class of antidepressant for depression?

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SSRIs

32
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What are examples of SSRIs?

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Fluoxetine
Sertraline
Paroxetine
Citalopram

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What is the mechanism of SSRIs?

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Block serotonin re-uptake from the synapse

Reduce inhibitory controls of serotonin release

34
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What other conditions are SSRIs used for?

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GAD
Panic disorder
Phobia
OCD

35
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What are the side effects of SSRIs?

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GI upset (abdo pain, constipation, nausea) - usually settles in a couple weeks
Increased risk of GI bleeds
Increased anxiety, insomnia, agitation, sexual dysfunction
Increased suicidality in first few weeks in younger patients
Hyponatremia and falls in older patients
Withdrawal

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What are the withdrawal symptoms of SSRIs?

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Flu-like symptoms
Insomnia
Nausea
Imbalance
Sensory disturbance
Hyperarousal
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37
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What are examples of tricyclics?

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Amitriptyline
Nortriptyline
Imipramine
Lofepramine
Clomipramine
38
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What is the mechanism of tricyclics?

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Block the re-uptake of noradrenaline and serotonin from the synapse by blocking their transporters

39
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When are tricyclics used in depression?

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Second line after SSRIs

Effective at reducing anxiety

40
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When should tricyclics be avoided?

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For patient working as driver or operating machinery - strong sedative
Recent MI or history of arrhythmia

41
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What are the side effects of tricyclics?

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Sedation
Weight gain
Cardiac - long QT (arrhythmia), postural hypotension
Anticholinergic - dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, urinary retention
sexual dysfunction

42
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What are examples of SNRIs?

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Venlafaxine

Duloxetine

43
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What is the mechanism of SNRIs?

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Selectively block the re-uptake of noradrenaline and serotonin from the synapse by blocking their transporters
Weak antagonists of dopamine re-uptake

44
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When are SNRIs used?

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Second line to SSRI

If others not tolerated

45
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What are the side effects fo SNRIs?

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GI upset

Cardiac - HTN, palpitations, dizziness

46
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What is the mechanism of mirtazapine?

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Antagonizes presynaptic noradrenaline, serotonin and histamine receptors

47
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When is mirtazapine used?

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Second line
For those where weight loss or sleep are issues
Used in isolation or combination with SSRI

48
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What are the side effects of mirtazapine?

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Sedation
Weight gain
Can cause nausea or sexual difficulties but less likely to

49
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What are examples of monoamine oxidase inhibitors?

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Moclobemide

Phenelzine

50
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What is the mechanism of monoamine oxidase inhibitors?

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Block monoamine oxidase which presents the breakdown of serotonin and noradrenaline amongst other neurotransmitters

51
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When are monoamine oxidase inhibitors used?

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Good in atypical depression

52
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What are the downsides off monoamine oxidase inhibitors?

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Interact with tricyclics and SSRIs so need to be off them for several weeks before starting (risk of hypertensive crisis)
Penelzine requires dietary restriction - avoid cheese, red wine, soy

53
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What are the side effects of monoamine oxidase inhibitors?

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Dizziness
Postural hypotension
Anticholinergic effects

54
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How long do antidepressants take to work?

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4-6 weeks

55
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What is the general algorithm for order of antidepressants to try?

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  1. SSRI
  2. Increase dose then try different SSRI
  3. Switch to SNRI (or tricyclic)
  4. Mirtazapine
  5. Augment with antipsychotics, lithium
56
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What antidepressant should be prescribed in the elderly?

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Not SSRI due to hyponatremia/falls risk

57
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What antidepressant should be prescribed in teenagers?

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SSRI or mirtazapine

58
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What antidepressant should be prescribed if sleep or weight loss is a major issue?

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Mirtazapine

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