MAIN CONDITIONS/ CASES/ DEFINITIONS Flashcards
Akathisia
unpleasant sensation of restlessness
can’t stay still
catatonia
psychomotor immobility and and behaviour abnormality
(often in stupor)
‘depressive stupor’
nihilistic delusion
belief that parts of ones self, ones body, or the real world/ rest of the world has been destroyed
name some types of schizophrenia
paranoid schizophrenia
catatonic schizophrenia
residual schizophrenia
undifferentiated schizophrenia
what do ‘typical’ anti psychotic medications do?
D2 dopamine receptor antagonists
how do you treat schizophrenia?
Anti-psychotics
CBT
family therapy
visual hallucinations and auditory hallucinations are common where?
visual hallucinations - organic psychosis
auditory hallucinations - schizophrenia
third person auditory hallucinations
patient hears voices talking about themselves
‘he is an evil person’
second person auditory hallucinations
addresses patient in second person
‘you are going to die’
‘kill him’
ABCD of first rank symptoms in schizophrenia
Auditory hallucinations
broadcasting of thought
controlled thought
delusional perception
nihilistic delusions are more common in severe depression or schizophrenia?
severe depression
grandiose delusions are common in what condition?
mania
alogia
inability to speak
what are some common side effects of anti psychotic medication?
Parkinsonism
acute dystonias
two common typical antipsychotics
chlorpromazine
haloperidol
three common atypical antipsychotics
clozapine
risperidone
olanzapine
an emergency detention can last up to how long?
72 hours
what is likely to increase the rate of relapse in schizophrenia?
non compliance to treatment
misuse of illicit substances
high expressed emotion at home
major life events