Psyc4 Flashcards
Delirium Dementia Psychotic disorder Sings of psychosis Hallucination types
What cognitive disorder is characterized by “waxing and waning” level of consciousness w/ acute onset and a rapid decrease in attention span and lack of arousal?
Delirium
What causes Delirium?
Secondary to other illness:
- CNS disease
- Infection
- Trauma
- Substance abuse/Withdrawal
T/F - Delirium is the most common presentation of altered metnal staus in inpatient setting.
True
T/F - Patients with delirium often display an abnormal EEG.
True
In a patient experiencing Delirium what drugs should you always check for?
Anti-cholinergic
Whats the moto for management of a Delirium patient?
“T-A-DA”
Tolerate
Anticipate
Don’t Agitate
What cognitive disorder is characterized by a gradual decrease in intellecual ability of “cognition” without affecting level of consciousness?
Dementia
Do patients with dementia have a normal EEG?
Yes
What condition can often present like dementia in elderly patients?
Depression – “Pseudodementia”
What is a psychotic disorder?
A distorted perception of reality (psychosis) characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and/or disorganized thinking
Can occur in patients with medical illness, psychiatric illness, or both
What are the 3 signs of psychosis?
Hallucinations
Delusions
Disorganized speech
What are the 7 hallucination types?
Visual Auditory Olfactory Gustatory - rare Tactile HypnaGOgic HypnoPOMPic
Which of the following hallucination type is more likely a feature of a medical illness or a psychiatric illness:
- Visual
- Auditory
- Visual - Medical (drug intoxication)
- Auditory - Psychiatric (schizophrenia)
Where do you see most olfactory hallucinations?
Aura of psychomotor epilepsy
Brain tumors
Where do you see tactile hallucinations?
Alcohol withdrawal
Cocaine abusers
What is Formication?
Sensation of bugs crawling on one’s skin
What is hypnagogic?
hallucination that occurs while GOing to sleep
What is hypnopompic?
hallucination that occurs while WAKING from sleep
