Psych Flashcards
What is the duration of a section 2?
28 days
What is the duration of a section 3?
6 months
What is the duration of a section 4?
72 hours
What is the purpose of section 2?
Assessment in hospital
What professionals are required for section 2?
2 doctors (one s12 approved), AMHP
What is required for a section 2?
- Evidence of a mental disorder and…
- Risk to themselves/others is enough to warrant assessment in hospital
What is the purpose of section 3?
Treatment
What professionals are required for section 3?
2 doctors, AMHP
What is the purpose of section 4?
Emergency order when waiting for a second doctor would lead to ‘undesirable delay’
What professionals are required for section 4?
1 doctor, AMHP
When are sections 5(4) and 5(2) relevant?
When patients are already admitted to hospital
What professionals put in place section 5(4)?
Nurses
What professionals put in place section 5(2)?
Doctors
What is the duration of section 5(4)?
6 hours
What is the duration of section 5(2)?
72 hours
What is the medical management of bipolar disorder?
- Lithium
- Antipsychotics
- Benzos
- Other mood stabiliser
- SSRIs for depressive episodes
What is bipolar I?
Both mania + depression OR just mania
What is bipolar II?
Mainly depression + mild hypomania
What is OCD?
Obsessive thoughts + compulsive acts
What is the management of OCD?
Psychotherapy and high dose SSRIs
What is required to diagnose schizophrenia?
> 1 first rank symptom OR >2 second rank symptoms
What are the first rank symptoms of schizophrenia?
- Thought alienation
- Passivity phenomena
- 3rd person auditory hallucinations
- Delusional perception
What are 3 types of thought alienation?
- Thought insertion
- Thought withdrawal
- Thought broadcasting
What is passivity phenomena?
When individuals feel that some aspect of themselves is under the control of others
What is the stepwise management of acute distress/psychosis?
- Verbal descalation
- Physical restraint
- If ECG status known - 5mg Haloperidol + 25 mg Promethazine
- If ECG status unknown - lorazepam/aripiprazole/olanzapine
What is the management of acute dystonic reaction?
- Airway
- Stop offending drug
- IM procyclidine
What drug is used to treat oculogyric crisis
Clonazepam
What is serotonin syndrome?
Psychiatric emergency caused by drugs that increase 5-HT (serotonin)
Which drugs increase 5-HT
SSRIs
How does serotonin syndrome present?
3 As
- Activity (clonus, hyperreflexia, hypertonia, tremors, seizures)
- Autonomic instability
- Altered mental state
What is the management of serotonin syndrome?
- ABC
- Stop offending drugs
- Cyproheptadine
What receptors do atypical antipsychotics work on?
D2, D3, D4, 5-HT
What is acute dystonic reaction?
Sustained muscle contraction (e.g. torticollis, oculogyric crisis)
What screening tool is for depression?
PHQ-9
What are the core symptoms of depression?
Low mood
Low energy (anergia)
Low enjoyment (anhedonia)
What is an important differential of anxiety?
Hyperthyroidism
What is the first line medication in GAD?
SSRI - sertraline
What’s the Dx if a pt has psychotic symptoms + depression that are not linked?
Schizoaffective disorder
What’s the Dx if a pt has depression and is hearing voices telling them to commit suicide?
Depression with psychosis