Psych SAQs Flashcards
negative Sx of schizophrenia
- incongruity/blunting of affect
- anhedonia (inability to derive pleasure)
- alogia (poverty of speech)
- avolition (poor motivation)
- social withdrawal
examples of atypical antipsychotics
haloperidol, chlorpromazine
EPSEs of antipsychotics?
● Acute dystonic reaction. ● Akathisia. ● Parkinsonism. ● Tardive dyskinesia.
Explain the difference between bipolar I and bipolar II disorder.
Bipolar I features depression and episodes of mania. Patients with bipolar I disorder may only have manic episodes whilst in bipolar II, depression is the more prominent feature, with episodes of hypomania.
State two medications other than lithium used as a mood stabiliser.
● Sodium valproate. ● Carbamazepine. ● Lamotrigine.
Give an example of a scale used for depression screening.
● Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). ● Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). ● Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
which causes of death should be referred to the coroner?
- Cause of death unknown.
● Deceased not seen by certifying doctor either after death or within 14 days before death.
● Death was violent, unnatural or suspicious.
● Death may be due to an accident. ● Death due to self-neglect or neglect by others.
● Death may be due to industrial disease or related to employment.
● Death during operation or before recovery from effects of anaesthesia.
● Death occurring during or custody. - Suicide
Give three clinical findings you may find on examination in NMS.
● Pyrexia. ● Muscle rigidity. ● Altered mental state.
Tachycardia. ● Sweating. ● Labile blood pressure. ● Tremor.
State two screening tests that can be used to assess anxiety.
- becks anxiety inventory
- general health questionnaire
- hamilton anxiety scale
- hospital anxiety and depression scale
What is a community treatment order?
