DSM5

Question 1

What are the challenges to making a Psychiatric diagnosis

Answer 1

Patient-reported vs Clinician-observed signs
Absence of biological markers
Cultural/religious factors
Dimensional vs Categorical
Diagnostic hierarchy
ICD vs DSM

Question 2

What is Schizophrenia

Answer 2

a serious mental condition of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

Question 3

What is Bipolar Disorder

Answer 3

Experiencing Depression and Mania alternatively (two Poles-BiPolar)

Depression is persistent sadness that enterfers with daily life and Mania is overconfidence and very high energy

Question 4

Causes of depression

Answer 4

Genetic basis
Stress and trauma
Specific experiences (seasonal affective disorder in winter and Postpartum depression after child birth)
Low synaptic activity (serotonin and noradrenalin)

Question 5

Give the classes of antidepressants

Answer 5

1. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
2. Tricyclic antidepressants
3. Selective monoamine oxidase inhibitors
4. Mood stabilisers

Question 6

Why is anxiety

Answer 6

Persistent chronic fear in absence of threat

Question 7

Give 4 types of anxiety

Answer 7

1. Generalised anxiety disorders (chronic worrying)
2. Phobic anxiety disorders(triggered by exposure to specific objects or situations)
3. Panick disorders (rapid onset of fear)
4. Obsessive compulsive disorders
   5 PTSD

Question 8

Give 3 Treatments for Anxiety

Answer 8

1. Benzodiazepines
2. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
3. Psilocybin (hallucinogenic mushrooms)