Psych

Question 1

reward pathway

Answer 1

mesolimbic pathway (subcortical and mesocortical)

Question 2

nigrostriatum

Answer 2

extrapyramidal motor movements

Question 3

tuberinfundibular pathway

Answer 3

regulates prolactin release

Question 4

most weight gain of the antipsychotics

Answer 4

olanzapine

Question 5

monitoring of clozapine

Answer 5

every week for 6 months then every 2 weeks for 6 months then every 4 weeks
1 month after stopping

Question 6

limbic system functions

Answer 6

M2OVE

• motivation
• memory
• olfaction
• visceral afferents
• emotion

Question 7

brain changes in SZP

Answer 7

reduced frontal lobe vol
enlarged lateral ventricles
reduced grey matter in temporal cortex

Question 8

flight of ideas

Answer 8

quickly moving from one topic to another but there is a link

Question 9

knights move thinking

Answer 9

seen in bipolar during manic phase

topic to topic with no link

Question 10

treatment of EPSE

Answer 10

procylidine

Question 11

response to threat

Answer 11

amygdala

Question 12

dampening down response to threat

Answer 12

PFC

Question 13

LD classes

Answer 13

mild 50-69
mod 35 - 49
sev 20 - 34
prof < 20

Question 14

Becks triad

Answer 14

-ve feelings about self, world and future

Question 15

Alcohol withdrawal

Answer 15

chlordiazepoxide or diazepam

Question 16

timeline of delirium tremens

Answer 16

48 - 72 hrs

Question 17

eosinophilic inclusions

Answer 17

lewy bodies