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Psychiatry Flashcards

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What are the organic mental disorders?

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Dementia
Delirium
Brain Damage

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What are the mood disorders?

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Depression
Bipolar disorder

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What are the neurotic, somatoform disorders?

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Phobias
GAD
PTSD
adjustment Disorder
OCD
Somatoform Disorder

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What are the components of cognitive function

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Memory
Concentration
Visuo-spatial abilities
Executive function

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Which screening questionnaire covers all the components of cognitive function?

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Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

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What are the precipitating risk factors for psychiatric disorders?

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Stressful life events
Acute physical illness
Misuse of alcohol or drugs

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Generalised cerebral atrophy seen in?

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Alzheimer’s disease

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What are the changes that occur in brain in schizophrenia?

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Enlarged Ventricle with slightly decreased brain size
PET- ↑ dopamine synthesis in striatum
MRI- Generalised Gray matter loss over time ( poor prognostic factor)

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Finding of depression

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PET- ↓ 5HT transporter binding in the mid-brain and amygdala

MRI- ↑ Anterior cingulate Activity (Good response to Antidepressant and CBT)

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Which can predict the development of schizophrenia in an at risk population?

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MRI

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Believing others are out to harm one is?

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Persecutory delusion

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Having unfounded conviction that one has cancer is?

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Hypochondriacal delusion

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Believing that one has special power and status is

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Grandiose delusion

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Thinking that my head is missing, i have no body is

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Nihilistic delusion

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What are the systemic complications of IV substance misuse?

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Endocarditis
Hepatitis
HIV

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What are the most common forms of hallucination?

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Visual
Auditory

17
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Running Commentary is strongly associated with?

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Schizophrenia

18
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Symptoms of Depressive Disorder?

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Psychological:
- Depressed mood
- Reduced self esteem
- Pessimism
- Guilt
- Loss of interest
- Loss of enjoyment (Anhedonia)
- Suicidal Thinking

Somatic:
- Reduced Appetite
- Bowel Disturbance
- Weight change
- Fatigue
- Disturbed Sleep
- loss if libido
- Motor retardation

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Organic (medical) cause of anxiety?

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hyperthyroidism
Paroxysmal arrhythmia
Phaeochromocytoma
Alchohol and Benzodiazepine withdrawal
Hypoglycemia
Temporal lobe epilepsy

20
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Functional somatic syndrome related to GIT, Gynae, Rheumatology, Neurology, Cardiology, Respiratory, ENT, Infectious disease, Dentistry, Allergic medicine

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GIT → IBS, Functional Dyspepsia
Gynaecology → PMS, Chronic pelvic pain
Rheumatology → Fibromyalgia
Neurology → Tension Headache, Non epileptic attack, functional gait disorder
Cardiology → Atypical or non cardiac chest pain
Respiratory → Hyperventilation syndrome
ENT → Globus syndrome
Infectious disease → Chronic (post viral) fatigue syndrome
Dentistry → TMJ Dysfunction, Atypical chest pain
Allergic medicine → Multiple chemical sensitivity

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Which drug should be used to reverse extrapyramidal effects following the haloperidol administration?

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Anti-cholinergic agent such as procyclidine

22
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What are the negative cognitive triads that are associated with depression?

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→ Negative view of self
→ Negative view of current life experiences
→ Negative View of the future

23
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What are the most common forms of dementia?

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→ Alzheimer’s disease
→ Diffuse vascular dementia

24
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Sign of frontal lobe Dysfunction

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Cognitive:
Lack of initiation
Disinhibition
Anti-social behavior
Impaired memory
Expressive Dysphasia
Incontinance

Physical Sign:
Impaired smell
Contralateral hemiparesis
Frontal release sign

Positive Phenomena:
Seizures

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Sign of temporal lobe dysfunction

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Cognitive:
Dyslexia
Reactive aphasia
Impaired verbal + non verbal memory
Impaired musical skill

Physical sign:
Contralateral homonymous Upper quadrantanopia

Positive phenomena: Complex hallucination

26
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What are the EEG findings in creutzfeldt-jakob disease

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Characteristic abnormalities of generalised periodic sharp wave pattern

27
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Which alleles are associated with developing Alzheimer’s disease?

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Apolipoprotein E4

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