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alcohol withdrawal sx and times

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symptoms: 6-12 hours
seizures: 36 hours
delirium tremens: 72 hours

sx- tremor, tachycardia, sweating, anxiety

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Factors associated with poor prognosis of schizophrenia

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  • strong family history
  • gradual onset
  • low IQ
  • prodromal phase of social withdrawal
  • lack of obvious precipitant
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Schneider’s first rank sx for schizophrenia

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  • Delusions
  • Auditory hallucinations
  • Thought disorder: insertion, withdrawal, broadcasting
  • Passivity phenomena
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what is schizoid personality disorder

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tendency towards solitariness, lack of interest in social relationships, and emotional detachment

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what is schizotypal PD

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  • Ideas of reference (differ from delusions in that some insight is retained)
  • Odd beliefs and magical thinking
  • Unusual perceptual disturbances
  • Paranoid ideation and suspiciousness
  • Odd, eccentric behaviour
  • Lack of close friends other than family members
  • Inappropriate affect
  • Odd speech without being incoherent
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difference between schizoid and schizotypal

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Schizoid = AVOID
Schizotypal = type of schizophrenia (has weird thoughts)

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personality disorder clusters

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  • Cluster A (MAD): - ‘odd or eccentric’ - paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
  • Cluster B (BAD): ‘dramatic, erratic or emotional’ - histrionic, emotionally unstable(/borderline), dissocial, narcissistic
  • CLuster C (SAD): ‘anxious and fearful’: anankastic, anxious (avoidant) and dependent.
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What is Russell’s sign?

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calluses on the knuckles or back of the hand due to repeated self-induced vomiting
bulimia

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purging behaviours

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vomiting
laxative
exercise
diuretics

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schizoaffective disorder

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combination of psychotic symptoms and prominent mood symptoms (e.g., mania or depression).

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What are the main approaches to managing OCD?

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  • CBT (exposure and response prevention)
  • SSRIs (most commonly fluoxetine)
  • 3rd line: clomipramine (TCA)
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discontinuitation sx of SSRIs

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  • increased mood change
  • restlessness
  • difficulty sleeping
  • unsteadiness
  • sweating
  • GI sxs: pain: cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting, paraesthesia
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Duloxetine mechanism of action

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serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor

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What is the most appropriate action to take with regards to SSRIs prior to ECT treatment for this patient?

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Antidepressant medication should be reduced but not stopped when a patient is about to commence ECT treatment

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What is Charles Bonnet syndrome?

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A phenomenon in which patients with severe visual impairment report vivid hallucinations

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What is Othello syndrome?

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Also known as delusional jealousy, is a delusional disorder with male preponderance in which patients hold a firmly held belief that their partner is unfaithful, in the absence of proof.

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what is acute dystonia?

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sudden involuntary muscle contractions and spasms, often affecting the neck (torticollis), jaw, and tongue.

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what is tardive dyskinesia?

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rhythmic involuntary movements e.g. grimace, chewing, sucking movements (mainly facial)

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what is parkinsonism?

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tremor,rigidity,bradykinesia

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mx of parkinsonism

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change the drug/dose,
sometimes anticholinergics like procyclidine can help

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what is akathisia

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unpleasant feeling of restlessness

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mx of akathisia

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change drug/dose, or give
propranolol, benzos

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examples of typical antipsychotics

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haloperidol
Chlorpromazine

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examples of atypical antipsychotics

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aripiprazole
Clozapine
Risperidone
Olanzapine

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examples of EPSEs
- acute dystonia - akathisia - parkinsonism - tardive dyskinesia
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What is the most appropriate medication choice to prevent further seizures in alcohol withdrawal?
chlordiazepoxide
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side effects of mirtazapine
- increased appetite - increased sleep
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first line medication for GAD
sertraline
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difference between knight's move and flight of ideas
- Knight's move= thinking there are illogical leaps from one idea to another - Flight of ideas there are discernible links between ideas
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what food to avoid on SSRI
Grapefruit juice is a CYP inhibitor and can increase serum levels of SSRIs
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what is conversion disorder
loss of motor and sensory function, which typically arises during periods of stress
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drug itneraction that can cause serotonin syndrome
SSRIs and MAOIs so never co-prescribe
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what are side effects of clomipramine (TCAs)
Dry mouth (anticholinergic) and weight gain (antihistaminic)
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what medication can precipitate a benign leucocytosis
lithium
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Most appropriate antidepressant to start post MI
sertraline
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features of anorexia
- most things low - G's and C's raised: growth hormone, glucose, salivary glands, cortisol, cholesterol, carotinaemia
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unexplained sx
Somatisation = Symptoms hypoChondria = Cancer
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delusional parasitosis
Patient with a fixed, false belief (delusion) that they are infested by 'bugs'
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side effect of steroid use
steroid-induced psychosis
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Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics
- dysglycaemia - dyslipidaemia - diabetes mellitus
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What pattern of memory loss is characteristic for severe depression
global memory loss, can mimic dementia but is pseudodementia
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most effective antipsychotic for dealing with negative symptoms
clozapine
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short term side effects of ECT
- headache - nausea - short term memory impairment (retrograde amnesia more common than anterograde amnesia) - memory loss of events prior to ECT - cardiac arrhythmia
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RF for GAD
- Aged 35- 54 - Being divorced or separated - Living alone - Being a lone parent
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what happens when a pt takes disulfiram
Within twenty to thirty minutes of alcohol consumption results in unpleasant symptoms, including facial flushing and nausea and vomiting
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what is korsakoff syndrome
- complication of wernicke's encephalopathy - It's features include: anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, and confabulation
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triad for wernicke's encephalopathy
- ophthalmoplegia (often a lateral rectus palsy and/or horizontal nystagmus) - confusion - ataxia (though any cerebellar signs can be present)
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what is Erotomania (De Clerambault's syndrome)
The presence of a delusion that a famous is in love with them, with the absence of other psychotic symptoms
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differing demographic in antisocial PD and borderline PD
Antisocial personality disorder more often affects men than it does women, Borderline personality disorder affects more women than men.
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What is formication
a type of paraesthesia in which it feels like insects are crawling on the skin
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where does heroin act in the brain
mu opiate agonist stimulates brain and spinal cord receptors which are normally acted on by endogenous endorphins (reduce pain
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presentation of heroin use
- pinpoint pupils - Intense rush/buzz, feelings of euphoria - anorexia - decreased libido
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antidote for opiate overdose
naloxone
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sx of opiate withdrawal
- peaks 36-48hrs - dysphoria, nausea, insomnia, agitation - flu like sx - 'Everything runs': diarrhoea, vomiting, lacrimation, rhinorrhoea - gooseflesh 'cold turkey'
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signs of benzo withdrawal
- insomnia - tremor - agitation - loss of appetite - excessive sweating - tinnitus - seizures
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antidote to benzo overdose
flumazenil
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medication for alcohol dependence
* Disulfiram (aversive) * Acamprosate (anti-craving) * Naltrexone (anti-craving)
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antidote to paracetamol overdose
N-acetylcysteine activated charcoal if presenting within the first hour
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where in the brain is affected by Alzheimer's
- hippocampus affected early: new learning and visuospatial skills - temporal and parietal lobes later
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What is Alzheimer's
increased B-amyloid F>M Age biggest RF 4As Amnesia Agnosia- recognition problems Aphasia Apraxia- inability to carry out skilled tasks despite normal motor function
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what is vascular dementia
dementia due to infarcts causes by thromboembolism or atherosclerosis
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presentation of vascular dementia
Stepwise progression - each step representing a sudden deterioration as an infarct occurs
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what is lewy body dementia
Lewy bodies - eosinophilic intracytoplasmic neuronal structures composed from a-synuclein with ubiquitin found in cingulate nucleus and neocortex
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presentation of lewy body dementia
2/3 should alert possibility of DLB: 1. bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor 2. fluctuating confusion with variation in awareness 3. vivid visual hallucination- little men or animals
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how to diagnose neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Serum creatine kinase (CK), which is a muscle enzyme that can be elevated in NMS.
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mx of mania
antipsychotic e.g. olanzapine
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mx of dystonia
anticholinergic e.g. benztropine or diphenydramine
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mx of alzheimers and lewy body dementia
- 3 acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine) for mild to moderate - memantine (NMDA receptor antagonist) 2nd line
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how to differentiate between delirium and dementia
- One of the main factors favouring delirium is impairment of consciousness, - fluctuating sx and hallucinations = delirium
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Section 2
- admission for assessment for up to 28 days, not renewable - made by an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) on behalf of 2 doctors - one of the doctors should be 'approved' under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (usually a consultant psychiatrist)
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section 3
- for up to 6 months, can be renewed
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section 4
- 72 hour assessment order used as an emergency - a GP and an AMHP or NR often changed to a section 2 upon arrival at hospital
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section 5(2)
a patient who is a voluntary patient in hospital can be legally detained by a doctor for 72 hours F1 can do
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section 5(4)
similar to section 5(2), allows a nurse to detain a patient who is voluntarily in hospital for 6 hours
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section 135
a court order can be obtained to allow the police to break into a property to remove a person to a Place of Safety
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section 136
someone found in a public place who appears to have a mental disorder can be taken by the police to a Place of Safety can only be used for up to 24 hours, whilst a Mental Health Act assessment is arranged
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Naltrexone use
similar to acamprosate used for anti-craving in alcohol dependence
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what is disulfiram
anti-eversive in alcohol dependence. makes you go red and feel hungover
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mx of acute dystonia
procyclidine (anti-cholinergic)
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Mx of tardive dyskinesia
tetrabenzine
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signs of TCA overdose (e.g. amitriptylline)
- dry mouth - dilated pupils - arrhythmias - seizures - metabolic acidosis - coma ECG - sinus tachycardia - widening of QRS - prolongation of QT interval

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