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Organic Disorders Flashcards

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Why am I learning this?

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Because psychiatric symptoms can have organic causes, and that will affect how treatment is targeted.

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What organic disorders cause acute psychological symptoms?

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Delirium
Organic mood disorder
Organic psychotic disorder

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What organic disorders cause chronic psychological symptoms?

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Dementia
Amnesic syndrome
Organic personality change

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What are the psychological disorders of alcoholic withdrawal?

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Delirium tremens 
Wernicke's encephalopathy 
Korsakoff's psychosis 
Hepatic encephalopathy 
Alcohol related brain damage
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Signs of delirium tremens?

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Profound confusion
Autonomic overactivity
CV collapse

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Acute management of delirium tremens?

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BZDs

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Signs of Wernicke’s encephalopathy?

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Confusion
Ataxia
Opthalmoplegia/Nystagmus

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Acute management of Wernicke’s encephalopathy?

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Thiamine

Avoid carb load

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Signs of Korsakoff’s psychosis?

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Impairment of anterograde memory, but no other cognitive impairment
Personality changes

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Management of Korsakoff’s psychosis?

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Abstinence can have improvement over time

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Signs of hepatic encephalopathy?

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General motor retardation/drowsiness

Happens in advanced liver disease

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Signs of Alcohol related brain damage?

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Show cognitive impairment when sober

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Can Alcohol related brain damage be reversed?

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To an extent yes, with abstinence.

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What is dementia?

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Global cognitive impairment Chronic in nature, mostly progressive
Variable pathology

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Types of dementia?

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  • Alzheimer’s
  • Vascular
  • Mixed
  • Lewy body
  • Frontotemporal
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Can dosage impact timing, duration or severity of steroid induced psychosis?

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No. It only impacts incidence.

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Management of steroid induced psychosis?

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Considering tapering steroids but might not be possible

Consider antipsychotic/mood stabiliser

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Can endocrine and metabolic disorders cause psychotic symptoms?

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You bet it can! And you gotta figure it out because these can be reversible.

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What is anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis?

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Autoimmune disease that targets NMDA receptors. Around half associated with malignancy

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Management of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis?

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Immunotherapy and tumour resection if indicated
BZDs for symptomatic
Prognosis with treatment is good

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Signs of delirium?

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Impairment of consciousness and attention
Global disturbance of cognition
Psychomotor disturbances
Disturbance of sleep wake cycle
Emotional disturbance
22
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What can cause delirium?

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You name it you got it babeh it’s almost anything.

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