Psych COPY Flashcards

1
Q

PHQ-9, PHQ-2, Hamilton score all measure what?

A

Depression severity

PHQ-2 is used 1st as a first step, PHQ-9 is used to establish whether they meet criteria for a depressive disorder

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2
Q

Edinburgh Scale measures what?

A

Post-natal depression

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3
Q

SSRI used for Under 18s

A

Fluoxetine

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4
Q

‘Traffic light’ system used for which anti-psychotic drug

A

Clozapine

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5
Q

Condition in which individual (usually SE Asian / Malaysian male) goes on a killing spree before taking his own life

A

Amok i.e. To run amok

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6
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Condition in which individual (usually Chinese male) fears their penis is retracting within their abdomen

A

Koro

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7
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Condition in which individual (Indian male) believes he is losing semen (‘vital fluid’) in his urine

A

Dhat

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8
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Condition in which individual (African women) start repeating words of another person (echolalia) or obeying their comands

A

Latah

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9
Q

Condition characterized by severe depressive
episode usually occurring after a traumatic event. There are often physical symptoms
such as diarrhoea and nervous tics. It is thought (within the culture in which it exists) to be caused by separation of the soul from the body. It has some
features in common with acute stress reaction.

A

Susto

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10
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First-line drug for stabilizing manic / bi-polar patients

A

Lithium

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11
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Key features of hebephrenic schizophrenia

A

Disorganized speech and behaviour and flat affect

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12
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Personality disorder characterized by an inflexible preoccupation with rules, order and attention to detail (almost OCD-like). + very cautious and stubborn

A

Anankastic

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13
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Syndrome associated with use of opioids + SSRIs. Signs include HTN, tachycardia, pyrexia, myoclonus, sweating

A

Serotonin Syndrome

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14
Q

Please may I use
the Internet . . . net . . . net . . . net?’
What best describes this speech disorder?

A

Perseveration or logoclonia

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15
Q

When would you use a section 4?

A

To admit a mentally unwell patient from A&E when there is not enough time to organise a section 2 (lasts 72 hours)

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16
Q

Woman living in the Arctic Circle. Sudden onset hysteria + bizarre behaviour. This
may include removal of clothes, coprophagia (ingestion of faeces) and violence.

A

Piblokoto

Thought to be related to vitamin A toxicity

17
Q

North American tribes. Affected people believe their body is possessed with a spirit that craves human flesh

A

Windigo

18
Q

Voluntary or involuntary voiding of faeces in inappropriate settings

A

Encopresis

19
Q

Eating of non-nutritive substances e.g. sand, paint, dirt

A

Pica

20
Q

Pulling out ones own hair

A

Trichotillomania

21
Q

According to ICD-10 criteria, how long should symptoms be present before
a probable diagnosis of schizophrenia can be made?

A

1 month

22
Q

According to ICD-10 criteria, how long should symptoms be present before
a probable diagnosis of depression can be made?

A

2 weeks