Old Age Psychiatry Flashcards
What is the ABCD of dementia?
A - Activities of Daily Living
B - Behavioural and Psychiatric Symptoms
C - Cognitive Impairment
D - Decline
What are the two types of dysphasia?
- Expressive
- Receptive
What is dyspraxia?
Inability to carry out motor skills
What is dysgnosia?
Not recognising objects
What scoring correlates with ability to perform daily activities?
MMSE
Give some examples of neuropsychiatric disturbance in dementia?
- Psychosis
- Depression
- Altered circadian rhythms
- Agitation
- Anxiety
What are some of the benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors?
-Improve cognitive function
-Slow decline
-Improve non cognitive symptoms
ADL
Longer at home
Reduce carer stress
List some side effects of cholinesterase inhibitors?
- Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
- Fatigue, insomnia
- Muscle cramps
- Headaches, dizziness
- Syncope
- Breathing problems
What are some indications of abnormal bereavement?
Persisted beyond 2 months Guilt Thoughts of death Worthlessness Psychomotor retardation Prolonged and marked functional impairment Psychosis
What treatment may be used in the treatments of late onset schizophrenia?
Neuroleptics
