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What is a conversion disorder?

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Where patient gets neurological symptoms without any underlying neurological pathology alongside stress and anxiety

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What is a presentation of wet, wobbly and weird indicating and what would be seen on CT?

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Enlarged ventricles and absent sulci

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3
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What is firstline for paranoid schizophrenia?

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Risperidone

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What is a schizoid personality disorder?

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People tend to lack interest in others and prefer solitary activities

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What type of dementia is contraindicated in haloperidol use?

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Dementia with Lewy body

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What is the firstline medication for panic disorder?

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SSRI

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What is the mechanism of action of an atypical antipsychotic?

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Dopamine receptor antagonism

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What section of the Mental Health Act 1983 can be used by a hospital doctor to detain patients for up to 72 hours when they are attempting to self discharge?

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Section 5(2)

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What is cotard delusion?

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Belief that one is dead

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What is fregoli delusion?

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Belief that different people are one person who has a disguise or changes appearance

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What is ekboms delusion?

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Patient feels as though they are infested with parasites

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What is capgras delusion?

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Belief that oneself or another person has been replaced with a clone

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13
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what psychiatric medication can cause neutropenia?

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Clozapine

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14
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What do you need to monitor with SNRI’s?

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Blood pressure

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What low electrolyte can cause tingling in hands, feet and around lips?

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Calcium

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What is the treatment for delirium tremens?

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Benzodiazapines and supportive care

17
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What are the symptoms of neuromalignant syndrome and what test is seen as abnormal?

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Sweating, fever, rigidity, confusion, fluctuating consciousness, fluctuating blood pressure and tachycardia
Raised creatinine kinase

18
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What medication causes blurred vision as a side effect?

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Imipramine - tricyclic antidepressants

19
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What medication is given to a person in a manic episode with the idea of a bipolar disorder being diagnostic?

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Quetiapine

20
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What is Russell sign?

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Scarring of the knuckles from vomiting

21
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What act means police can move someone who is mentally unwell to a place of safety?

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Section 136

22
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What is histrionic personality disorder?

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Attention seeking behaviour

23
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What is alogia as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

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Taking longer to speak and using little words

24
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What is the medication given in treatment resistant schizophrenia?

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Clozapine

25
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What is akathisia?

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The feeling of inner restlessness and tension, the urge to constantly move parts of the body and be unable to maintain posture.

26
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What is picks disease?

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Frontotemporal dementia

27
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What is bipolar 2 disorder?

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Hypomania and depression alternating

28
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What is the most common and most serious complication of clozapine?

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Constipation and agranulocytosis

29
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What is a common side effect of amitriptyline?

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Urinary retention

30
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What medication can cause hypothyroidism?

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Lithium

31
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What is the gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder?

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Lithium

32
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How does haloperidol affect ECG?

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Prolongation of QT

33
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What is the section that can last for 6 months and what are the criteria for the doctors applying?

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Two doctors, one of which needs to be approved for section 12 (psychiatrist of GP with mental health special interest)
Must have a diagnosis and clear treatment plan for the patients

34
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Low levels of which neurotransmitter are associated with anxiety development?

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GABA

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