Psychiatry Flashcards
What components are in a formulation?
- predisposing
- precipitating
- presenting
- perpetuating
- protective
What is included in an MSE?
A - appearance and behaviour
S - speech
E - emotion
P - perception
T - thought
I - insight
C - cognition
What is the definition of mental health disorder?
Disorder of mind excluding alcohol and drugs
What is the definition of psychosis?
Loss of touch with reality + impaired function
What is the definition of a hallucination?
An unreal interpretation of an unreal stimulus (e.g. hearing voices)
What is the definition of an illusion?
An unreal interpretation of a real stimulus (e.g. leaves rustling mistaken for footsteps)
What is a delusion?
A fixed false unshakeable belief out of keeping with social norms
What is the definition of delusional perception?
‘If A happens, B will happen’ (pathognomonic for schizophrenia)
What is the definition of flight of ideas?
Rapid stream of consciousness - jump between topics
What is the definition of formal thought disorder?
Disordered pattern of speech as a result of disordered thought
What is the definition of knight move?
Illogical jumps from a point and not returning
What is the definition of tangeniality?
Deviating from a point and not returning
What is the definition of circumstantiality?
Deviating from a point but returns
What is the definition of depersonalisation?
When someone thinks there not real
What is the definition of derealisation?
When someone thinks the world around them isn’t real
What is the definition of obsession?
Mental preoccupation, pervasive and recurrent
What is the definition of compulsion?
Urge + action or obsession to obtain relief
What are some of the thought problems patients experience?
- Insertion
- withdrawal
- broadcast
- passivity
What is somatoform disorder?
Medically unexplained symptoms
What is hypochondriasis?
Mental preoccupation that a patient has a life threatening illness despite a lack of symptoms and negative tests
What is conversion disorder?
Neuro symptoms (e.g. weakness) in absence of pathology therefore put down to psych
What are some of the types of delusion?
- persecutory - mc
- grandiose
- guilt + worthlessness
- nihilistic
What is Capgras delusion?
The belief that a close relative has been replaced with an imposter
What is Fregoli delusion?
The belief that everyone is one person with masks