Psychiatric Conditions Flashcards
What Act is there for people with psychiatric disorders/diseases?
The Mental Health Act (Scotland) 2003
What is the Mental Health Act Scotland 2003 concerned with and what does it allow?
- Is concerned purely with management & treatment of psychiatric disorders
- Can detain people for compulsary treatment
What can’t the Mental Health Scotland Act 2003 detain someone for?
Compulsary treatment of physical problems
If there is a detained patient under the mental health act, do they need to stay there all the time?
No - can be in the community on ‘leave of absence’ but must have treatment
What are the different ways/reasons someone can be detained under the mental health act and how long for?
- Emergency Detention – 72hrs
- Short term Detention – 28 days
- Compulsory Treatment Order – 6 months
- Removal to a place of safety – Police
What needs to be done before deciding if someone is detained for 72 hours? (emergency detention)
Within 2 hours of detention have been assessed by a doctor who can then decicde if the 72 hour detention should be enforced
In order to detain someone under the mental health act, what criteria must be met?
- 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 (can’t be lucid when detaining)
- That the use of compulsory powers is necessary.
Why can’t you detain somone with a personality disorder?
There is no treatment for it
What is the main difference between neurosis and psychosis?
Neurosis - contact with reality retained
Psychosis - contact lost with reality
What are some examples of differetn psychiatric conditions you might come accross?
- neurosis (anxiety states, phobias)
- Psychoses
- Eating disorders
- Personality disorders
How is the ‘normal’ patient in the dentist? (how do they act/feel)
- Is anxious
- may not behave rationally (from the dentists perspectibe but may be based on previous experience)
- Dosent have a psychiatric diagnosis
How would you desribe someone who is neurotic to do with their emotions?
They are more unstable with their emotions
What are different examples of neuroses?
- anxiety
- phobic
- obssetional
- hyp0chondrial
- depressive