Organic disorder

Question 1

Primary organic mental disorders

Answer 1

have a direct effect on the brain

Question 2

secondary organic mental disorders

Answer 2

systemic disease that affects the brain in addition to other systems organs

Question 3

delirium

Answer 3

concurrent disturbances of consciousness and attention perception, thinking, memory, psychomotor behaviour, emotion and sleep wake cycle

Question 4

presenting features of delirium

Answer 4

impairment of consciousness and attention

disturbed cognition

disturbance of sleep wake cycle

emotional disturbance

Question 5

delirium causes

medication

Answer 5

anticholinergics (TCAs, antihistamines, antipsychotics)

Question 6

delirium causes

drug abuse

Answer 6

amphetamines (speed) and cocaine

hallucinogens

Question 7

delirium causes

withdrawal symptoms

Answer 7

alcohol

benzodiazepines

Question 8

delirium causes

metabolic

Answer 8

hepatic encephalopathy

thiamine deficiency (korsakoffs/wernickes)