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What are the 5Ps of formulation?
what are they used for?

A

RF and management plan
Presenting complaint
Predisposing
Precipitating
perpetuating
protective

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what do each of the 5Ps mean?

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Presenting complaint - the problem they came in with

Predisposing - RF from before causing PC

Precipitating - Event causing Sx to occur

Perpetuating - what is keeping PC in the loop, perpetuating PC

Protective - things keeping them going

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what is the biopsychosocial model?

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it is used for risk factors and Tx
Biological, psychological and social RF

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what are some Biopsychosocial RF?

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Biologic - genetics, birth complications (eg. hypoxic ischemic injury), past MHx, DHx

Psychological - Trauma, abuse, self esteem, mood, personality

Social - relationships, finances, stress, culture

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5
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what is included in a psych Hx?

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same as general Hx +
PERSONAL Hx - Timeline from childhood to now
Suicide and self harm
Forensic Hx (legal involvement)

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what is the acronym for the Mental state exam?

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ASEPTIC

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What does ASEPTIC stand for?

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Appearance and behaviour
(dressing, eye contact, body language)

Speech
(rate, rhythm, tone, volume)

Emotion
(mood - ask directly how they are, Affect - appearance, voice + behaviour matches that)

Perception
(delusion, delperc)

Thought
(formation, stream of thoughts)

Insight
(reality awareness)

Cognition
(high in agitation, low/slow)

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Definitions:
Mental health disorder?

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Disorder of mind, EXCLUDING ALCOHOL + DRUGS

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psychosis?

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Loss of touch with reality and impaired function

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Neurosis?

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Mood disorder (anx/depression) with NO REALITY loss but IMPAIRED FUNCTION

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hallucination?

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UNREAL interpretation of an unreal stimulus eg. hearing voices

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Illusion?

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UNREAL interpretation of a REAL stimulus

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Delusion?

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FIXED FALSE UNSHAKABLE BELIEF OUT OF KEEPING WITH SOCIAL NORMS

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Overvalued idea?

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strong belief but CAN BE CHALLENGED

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Delusional perception?

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‘If A happens, B will happen’
Pathognamonic for schizophenia

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Flight of ideas?

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Rapid stream of consciousness - jump between ideas

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Formal thought disorder?

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Disordered pattern of speech as a result of disordered thoughts

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Knight move?

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Illogical jumps between topics
eg. toys to weather

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Tangentiality?

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DEVIATING FROM A POINT + NOT returning

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Circumstantiality?

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DEVIATING FROM A POINT but RETURNS

21
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Speech types?

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PRESSURE (mania = rapid)
POVERTY (Depression = less speech)

22
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Munchenhausen?

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Fabricating investigations and Sx to play SICK ROLE

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mallingering?

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Fabricating mental health issues for secondary gain (eg, avoid jail time)

24
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Folie a deux?

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stored delusion by 2 Px at the same time
Tx = separate the Px

25
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clang?
Neologisms?
Echolalia?
Confabulation?
Word salad?

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severe flight of ideas - words sound similar

New words

repeat words back

making things up

random words

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Anhedonia?
ideas of reference?

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loss of interest in things prev interested in

widespread eg. TV news message self directed

27
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Depersonalisation?

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thinks they’re NOT REAL - nihilistic delusion

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Derealisation?

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thinks world around them isn’t real

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obsession?

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Mental preoccupation, pervasive (eats into time), recurrent

30
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Compulsion?

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urge + action on obsession to obtain relief
eg. OCD

31
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Thought problems?
(schiz)

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Insertion
withdrawal
broadcast
Passivity (external force controlling how u act)

32
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Somatoform disorder?

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Medically unexplained Sx
(eg. IBS - No explanation)

33
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hypochondriasis?

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mental preoccupation that Px has cancer or severe illness despite multiple negative tests

34
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Conversion disorder?

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Neuro Sx (eg. weakness) in absence of pathology therefore put down to psych

35
Q

What are 4 types of delusion?

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Persecutory (MC) - Points the finger to blame others

Grandiose (mania)

Guilt and worthlessness

Nihilistic (think you don’t exist)

36
Q

Eponymous:
capgras?
fregoli?
Othello?

A

close relative replaced with imposter

everyone is 1 person with masks

partner unfaithful

37
Q

De cleraumbault?
Ekbom?
Cotard?

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erotomania (high status person M in love with Px F)

Restless leg syndrome (painless calf cramping, ‘creepy crawly’) - often associated with Fe def anemia (Fe role in DA pathway)
Tx = propanolol

Belief Px is dead and rotting

38
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When was the mental health act instated?

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1983

39
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to detain under the mental health act, what must be provided?

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evidence of mental health condition and risk (society), will benefit from admission + Tx available

40
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what principles are followed when detaining someone under the mental health act?

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least restrictive
Px is safe
good wellbeing
give good and effective treatment

41
Q

When can the mental health act override the mental capacity act 2005?

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Patient may be detained even is capacious

42
Q

what is section 2 of the mental health act?
Detained for how long?
approval from?
Renewable or non renewable?

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28 day detained for investigations (non renewable)

2 Dr (1 S12 approv doc - ST4+) + Advanced mental health practitioner (AMHP - social worker)

Non renewable

43
Q

What is section 3 of the mental health act?
Held for how long?
Approval from?
renewable or non renewable?

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6 months for Tx

2 - doctor (as before) and AMHP

Renewable (6 months, therefore 12m increments)

44
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what sections can be used in patients and federal?

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section 5 (2) by Dr and nurse

section 135 and 136 by police

45
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What is section 5 (2) for Dr vs Nurses?
time held?
awaiting?

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72hr - Dr holding power (await S12 AMHP)

6hr - Nurse holding power (await dr)

46
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section 135 + 136
how long do they have to admit?
why?

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135: 24-36 hr admit Px to access home

136: 24-36 hr admit Px with suspected mental health illness in a public place