Psychiatric Flashcards
What is the mental health act Scotland 2003?
Concerned purely with management and treatment of psychiatric disorders
No provision for compulsory treatment of physical problems
Can have detained patients in the community on “leave of absense”.
What are the different detentions in the mental health act 2003?
Emergency- 72 hours Short term- 28 days Compulsory treatment- 6 months -Removal to a place of safety- police -Detention for assessment by. doctor.
What is the application of the mental health act 2003?
That the person has a mental disorder
Medical treatment is available which could stop their condition getting worse, or help treat some of their symptoms
If that medical treatment was not provided, there would be a significant risk to the person or to others
Because of the person’s mental disorder, his/her ability to make decisions about medical treatment is significantly impaired
That the use of compulsory powers is necessary.
What does neurosis means?
Contact retained with retality.
What is psychosis?
Contact lost with reality.
What are the 4 different psychiatric conditions we deal with in dentistry?
Neuroses
Psychoses
Eating disorders
Personality disorders.
What are the different types of neuroses?
Anxiety Phobic Obsessional Hypochondrial Depressive.
What is generalised anxiety disorder?
Free-floating anxiety in many/all situations.
What is phobic anxiety?
Intense anxiety/panic in specific situations.
What is panic disorder?
Unpredictable extreme anxiety.
What is somatoform disorders?
Repeated presentation of physical symptoms and persistent requests for medical investigations, in spite of negative findings and reassurance that the symptoms have no physical basis. There may or may not be psychological/psychiatric symptomatology e.g. of depression.
What are the two types of management strategies and name examples of them?
Psychological treatment (Psycho-education, anxiety management strategies and CBT) Drug treatment (self medication and prescribed medication).
What are some anxiolytic drugs?
Alcohol
Benzodiazepines (diazepam, midazolam etc)
Antidepressants with anxiolytic features (tricyclic- amitriptyline, nortiptyline etc)
Mirtazepine
SSRI (fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram).
What are some symptoms dental patients can get from an anxiety neurosis?
TMD and parafunction
Oral dysaesthesia and facial pain
Denture intolerance.
What is a phobia?
Fear out of proportion to the threat
Find out the cause
(agoraphobia and claustrophobia might impact dental treatment).
What is OCD?
Rituals developed to contain anxiety
Fear of infection or fear of dirty oral environment.
What are the four steps in the OCD cycle?
Anxiety
Compulsion
Relief
Obessions.
What is the difference between perfectionism and OCD?
Perfectionism is a personality trait, may have habits or rituals that they follow rigidity and not doing it out of anxiety avoidance
OCD is a mental health disorder, involves repeated unwanted thoughts or urges that cause a person anxiety, the individual performs a compulsive action or ritual to prevent the development of the anxiety, ritual may not be related to the anxiety itself.
What is an adjustment disorder?
Maladaptive responses to severe past or continuing stress/trauma. Occurs in adaption to new circumstances. PTSD requires stress of exceptionally threatening or catastrophic nature. Managed by psychological intervention (mood disorders usually accompany disorders- treat with medication).
How might a patient present to the dentist with an effective disorder?
Dysaesthesias
Facial pain
Patients general demeanor.
What is cyclothymia?
Cyclothymia- normal mood swing
Most depressive disorders are not psychotic- they are neurosis.
What is a recurrent depressive disorder?
Depressive disorders can alternate with returning to normal mood- recurrent depressive disorder.
What is unipolar?
Unipolar- patient moves usually down to low mood, if they move up in mood and then down in mood- bipolar.
What is hypomania?
Hypomania and mania are periods of over-active and excited behaviour that can have a significant impact on your day-to-day life. Hypomania is a milder version of mania that lasts for a short period (usually a few days) Mania is a more severe form that lasts for a longer period (a week or more)
What is mania?
Mania is a psychological condition that causes a person to experience unreasonable euphoria, very intense moods, hyperactivity, and delusions. Mania (or manic episodes) is a common symptom of bipolar disorder.
What are the different names of changing in mood in order from normal mood swings?
Normal mood swings Cyclothymic temperament Cyclothymic disorder Biopolar type 2 Monopolar mania Biopolar type 1 disorder.