Psych

Question 1

Long-term lithium use can result in …….. and resultant hypercalcaemia

Answer 1

hyperparathyroidism

Question 2

Lithium toxicity can be precipitated by ……….

Answer 2

NSAIDs

Question 3

clang associations

Answer 3

ideas related by rhyme or similar sounding

Question 4

flight of ideas

Answer 4

pressure speech, where pt jump from topic to topic with no link between them

Question 5

knights move

Answer 5

when pt leaps from topic to topic with a sudden unnecepted and illiogical change in ideas

Question 6

circumstantialty

Answer 6

pt cannot answer questions without giving excessive detail

Question 7

tangentiality

Answer 7

wandering from topic without returning to it

Question 8

cotard syndrome

Answer 8

person believeing they are dead or non-exsistent

Question 9

delusional parasitosis

Answer 9

pt with fixed false belief (delusion) that they are infested with bugs

Question 10

word salad

Answer 10

disorganised speech in form of word salad, associated with psychosis and mania