Practice Questions Flashcards
What can one use as an adjuvant to antipsychotics for negative sx of schizophrenia?
D-cycloserine
Glycine
Seligine
How many patients on SSRIs experience sexual dysfunction?
70%
What receptor causes sexual dysfunction from SSRIs?
5HT2C stimulation
How long does untreated depression last for?
6-13 months
How long does treated depression last for?
3 months
How long does treated mania last for?
4-5 weeks
Which class of antidepressants are more commonly associated with switch to bipolar?
TCAs
What is used to define response to treatment for OCD?
A fall of at least 35% in the pre-treatment YBOCS score. after 6-12 weeks of Rx
What type of insomnia is related to anxiety?
initial insomnia
What causes middle insomnia?
Medical illness
Pain
Depression
For which PD is the term ‘quasi-psychotic’ used in ICD 10?
Schizotypal
Rate of depressed patients who switch to mania/hypomania?
7-12%
How do antipsychotics affect QTc?
Blocking K+ channels
Difference in onset of schizophrenia between men and women?
Men develop schizophrenia 5-6 years earlier
The strongest predictor of mortality in a patient with anorexia nervosa?
Alcohol abuse
How many patients with schizophrenia experience recurrent episodes of illness and develop significant progressive impairment
35%
How many patients with schizophrenia experience a simple episode of acute schizophrenia and have no residual impairment?
22%
How many patients with schizophrenia experience recurrent episodes of illness and have no or slight residual impairment?
35%
How many patients with schizophrenia experience recurrent episodes of illness and develop significant non progressive impairment?
8%
How many middle aged women on Lithium develop hypothyroid?
20%
DSM 5 diagnostic criteria for NMS?
Exposure to dopamine antagonsit in the last 72 hours, along with severe muscle rigidity and elevated temperature as well as mental status alteration (reduced or fluctuating level of consciousness), CK elevation (at least 4 times upper limit of normal), sympathetic nervous system lability, defined as at least 2 of the following:(hypertension, >25% of baseline, blood pressure fluctuation of =20 mmHg diastolic or =25 mmHg systolic change within 24 hours, diaphoresis, urinary incontinence), hypermetabolism, defined as heart rate increase (=25% above baseline) and respiratory rate increase (=50% above baseline).
These features must be present along with a negative work-up for infectious, toxic, metabolic, and neurological causes.
Best scale to measure EPSEs?
Simpson-Angus scale
Which medication is indicated if a patient on antipsychotic develops relapse of mania?
Lithium or Valproate augmentation
Risk of suicide one year after DSH?
1%
The proportion of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia that experience recurrent relapse and continued disability?
75%
Which parasomnia is more common in women?
Nightmares
Which tremor increases on intentional movement?
Cerebellar
Where is neurasthenia found in ICD 10?
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
Diagnostic criteria for neurasthenia in ICD 10
a. either, persistent and distressing feelings of exhaustion after minor mental effort or persistent and distressing feelings of fatigue after minor physical effort; b. accompanied by one or more of the following symptoms: muscular aches or pains; dizziness; tension headache; sleep disturbance; inability to relax; and irritability;
c. inability to recover through rest, relaxation or enjoyment;
d. duration exceeds 3 months;
e. Does not occur in the presence of organic mental disorders, affective disorders or panic or generalised anxiety disorder.
Name the subcortical dementias
Parkinson’s disease dementia,
Huntington’s disease,
HIV-associated dementia,
Binswanger’s disease
Wilson’s disease.
What characterises subcortical dementias?
Gross psychomotor slowing,
Abnormal movements,
Low mood,
Mild amnesia
Apathetic personality.
How does Modafinil work?
Activates neurons containing orexins
Prevalence of depression in those with heart disease?
20%
Best SSRIs for pathological crying?
Fluoxetine
Citalopram
What percentage of women with postpartum psychosis will go on to develop schizophrenia later in their lifetime?
16%
‘Baby blues’ are reported in what proportion of new mothers?
3 in 4
Which antidepressants should be avoided in Epilepsy?
Amitriptyline
Dothiepin
Clomipramine
Bupropion
The male: female ratio of hypothyroidism is
1:6
Risk factors of depression in Parkinsons?
Female
Younger onset
Right-sided lesions
Bradykinesia
Gait disturbance
Rapid progression of disease
Poor cognitive status and ADLs
Which medication has best evidence for use in HIV dementia?
Zidovudine
Prevalence of any MI in HIV patients?
38-73%
Which INF has a good link to depression?
INF-Alpha
In post-stroke depression, the antidepressant treatment should be continued for at least?
6 months
What is the mean duration of a major depressive episode that follows a stroke?
34 weeks
The frequency of depressive symptoms in epilepsy is
30-50%
Frequency of panic disorder in epilepsy?
20%
Frequency of psychosis in epilepsy?
3-7%
What is the lifetime prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis?
40-50%
Best antidepressants for depression in MS?
SSRIs
Desimpramine
Risk of triggering relapse of MS with ECT?
20%
The gene for Huntington’s disease (HD) is located on which chromosome?
Short arm of chromosome 4
During pregnancy, where continued use of Valproate is deemed essential, what is the maximum dose recommended?
1000mg/day
When used as mood stabilizers, what is the minimum period suggested to withdraw anticonvulsant drugs?
1 month
What is the lifetime risk of suicide in Huntington’s disease?
10-15%
Neuropsychiatic features of Huntingtons
Subcortical Dementia
Gradual onset,
Early and significant impairment in executive function,
Which cognitive functions are preserved until late in Huntingtons?
Visuospatial
Semantic memory
Predominant cognitive impairment in Huntingtons?
Executive impairment
What is the chance of having a baby with congenital malformation if lithium is continued through the first trimester?
1 in 10
The rate of depression during pregnancy is
10%
Risk of relapse of depression in a pregnant woman who stops her medications?
5 times the risk
Risk of any birth defect from sodium valproate use in pregnancy?
7.2%
During what period of postpartum is there a risk of psychiatric disorders?
First 3 months
What is the relative risk of developing Ebstein’s anomaly for a child when the mother is on lithium throughout her pregnancy?
9.5