Organic Disorders / Unexplained Symptoms

Question 1

What is somatisation

Answer 1

Multiple physical Sx for at least 2 years
Refuses to accept reassurance
e.g. lump in throat / dysmenorrhoea / SOB / vomiting
Not consciously aware

Question 2

What is hypochondriac

Answer 2

Persistent belief in underlying serious disease
Refuses to accept reassurance
Not reassured by -ve test
Not consciously aware

Question 3

What is conversion dirsorer

Answer 3

Loss of motor or sensory function
Also known as functional neurological
Not consciously feign or seeking material gain
No anatomical or physiological explanation

Question 4

If consciously feigning illness would be

Answer 4

Factitious

Question 5

If seeking material gain

Answer 5

Malingering

Question 6

What is dissociative disorder

Answer 6

Separating off certain memories from normal conscious
Feeling of detachment from self or surrounding
Psych Sx - amnesia / stupor
Most severe multiple personality

Question 7

What is sleep paralysis

Answer 7

Transient paralysis of skeletal muscle
Occur when awakening from sleep or falling
Hallucinations during paralysis

Question 8

What do you do if troupled

Answer 8

Colonzapam

Question 9

What is post concussion syndrome

Answer 9

>3 months after even minor injury 
Headache
Fatigue
Anxiety
Depression
Dizzy
Forgetful and irritabel

Question 10

What is the brain injury that causes Korsakoff

Answer 10

Hippocampal damage

Diencepahlic damage - alcohol

Question 11

What are other causes apart from alcohol

Answer 11

HSV encephalitis
Anoxia 
Removal of temporal lobe
Occlusion
Head injury
Alzheimer
SAH