Physical health of people with serious mental illness

Question 1

What symptoms of mental illness can make communicating and accessing health care challenging.

Answer 1

Hallucinations
Delusions
Reduced insight
Insomnia
Affective flattening
Apathy – lack of interest or feeling
Alogia – poverty of speech
Stigma and discrimination

Question 2

People with serious mental illness are significantly more likely to experience poor physical health give me example?

Answer 2

Cardiovascular disease
Respiratory disease
Diabetes
Poor oral health
Cancer

Question 3

What is Diagnostic overshadowing

Answer 3

Diagnostic overshadowing is a occurs when physical symptoms reported by mental health consumers are misattributed to mental disorders by health professionals. A health professional makes the assumption that the presenting concern is a part of their mental illness without exploring other factors such as biological determinants.

Question 4

What is Alcohol withdrawal?

Answer 4

Alcohol withdrawal may occur when someone with alcohol dependence reduces or stops alcohol use.

Question 5

What are the 10 symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?

Answer 5

Nausea and vomiting
Sweats
Tremor
Anxiety
Agitation
Tactile disturbances
Auditory disturbances
Visual disturbances
Headache
Disorientation

Question 6

Which of the following is caused by the release of insulin?

Decreased blood glucose level.
Increased blood glucose level.
Increased lipid breakdown.
Increased protein breakdown.

Answer 6

Increased blood glucose level

Question 7

Which laboratory test is the best predictor of blood glucose control over the previous few months?

Answer 7

HbA1c.

Question 8

Nerve degeneration resulting in delayed nerve conduction and impaired sensory function as a result of prolonged exposure to excessive blood glucose is:

Answer 8

Neuropathy.