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Mental Health Flashcards

1
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What is direct discrimination?

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Treating someone less favourably because of a protected characteristic

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What are protected characteristics?

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Age, race, religion, gender, disability, etc.

- Equality Act 2010

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What is associative discrimination?

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Direct discrimination against someone for associating with someone with a protected characteristic

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What is perceptive discrimination?

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Discrimination because others think they possess protected characteristics

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What is delusion?

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Idiosyncratic belief maintained despite being contradicted by reality/rationality

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What is hallucination?

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An experience involving the apparent perception of something that is not present

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7
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What is the ‘mental health pizza’?

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BASE - presenting complaint
TOMATO - wider context (drug & medical history)
CHEESE - past mental health history
PEPPERONI - social history

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What are the symptoms of depression?

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Sadness
Hopelessness
Tiredness
No appetite

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What is the basic management of depression?

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MILD - exercise, self-help

SEVERE - antidepressants, therapy (^serotonin & NA)

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What are the main symptoms of anxiety?

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Overwhelming panic
Losing control
Palpitations
Hyperventilation

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11
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What are the primary care presentations of anxiety?

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Feeling worried

Restless

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12
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What is the treatment for anxiety?

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Self-help
Therapy
Anti-depressants
Benzodiazepines

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What are the symptoms of dementia?

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Lack of interest/concentration
Personality change
Depression

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What is the cognitive assessment process for dementia?

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Take history (family member)
Physical examination
Test mental abilities (eg. questions)

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What is Alzheimer’s?

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Most common form of dementia

- Gradual death of brain cells

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16
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What is vascular dementia?

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Dementia due to impaired blood supply (eg. small strokes)

17
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What is the treatment for dementia?

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No cure but can reduce symptoms (eg. stop smoking)

18
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What are the features of delirium?

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Decreased consciousness
Decreased cognition
Disorientation

19
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What is the assessment for delirium?

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Disturbed attention

Changed cognition

20
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How is delirium managed?

A

Supportive therapy
Adequate nutrition
Antipsychotics

21
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What are the symptoms of alcohol misuse?

A

Neglecting responsibility
Legal problems
Drinking to distress

22
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How is alcohol misuse diagnosed?

A

Family/friend referral, denying help, jobless..

23
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How are people screened for alcohol misuse?

A

AUDIT - alcohol use disorder ID test

FAST - fast alcohol screening test

24
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What are the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?

A

Anxiety
Shakiness
^ Heart rate
-Potentially life threatening

25
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What is the basic treatment for alcohol misuse?

A

Detoxification
Counselling
Medication (chlordiazopoxide)

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