Depression

Question 1

Bipolar affective disorder vs borderline personliaty disorder

Answer 1

BPAD - heritable, grandiosity, less affected by environment
BPD - poor self image, fear of abandon, emptiness
Both - rapid mode swing, suicidal, impulsive sex behaviour

Question 2

Bipolar affective disorder vs schizophrenia

Answer 2

BPAD - episodic hallucinations
Schizophrenia - chronic hallucinations
Both - hallucination, cognitive impairment, schizoaffective, depression symptoms also in schizophrenia

Question 3

Bipolar affective disorder vs attention deficit disorder

Answer 3

BPAD - heritable, recurrent depressive

Both - impaired concentration, impaired executive function, short term memory

Question 4

Organic causes of depression

Answer 4

Endocrine 
Infection 
Deficiencies 
Multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer’s 
Medications

Question 5

Vascular depression

Answer 5

Late life
White matter hyperintensities
More vulnerable to stressors

Question 6

Poststroke depression

Answer 6

May become persistent
Lesions in left frontal lobe or basal ganglia can cause depression
More frontal, more severe