General Hospital Psychiatry Flashcards
Principle of general hospital psychiatry?
Psychiatric issues are more common in the hospital population than the general population.
What are functional disorders?
Medically unexplained symptoms
What are different kinds of functional disorders?
- Dissociative disorders somatisation/ emotional trauma
- Somatoform disorders
- Munchausen (not malingering)
- Real physical symptoms not caused by a structural lesion or abnormality
Common neurological functional disorders?
- Functional neurological disorder
- Non-epileptic attack disorder
- Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness
Common gastroenterology functional disorders?
IBS
Cyclical vomiting syndrome
Functional dyspepsia
Common rheumatology functional disorders?
Fibromyalgia
Benign hypermobility syndrome
Common general medicine functional disorders?
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Common ENT functional disorders?
TMJ dysfunction
Atypical facial pain
Common gynae functional disorders?
Loin pain haematuria syndrome
Chronic pelvic pain
Common cardiology functional disorders?
Atypical chest pain
Common respiratory functional disorders?
Chronic hyperventilation
How to treat a functional disorder?
Explanations and medications for co-morbid disorders.
