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Buzzwords - Year 3 > Psychiatry > Flashcards

Psychiatry Flashcards

1
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Third person auditory hallucinations

A

Schizophrenia

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2
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Mesocortical dopamine hypoactivity

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Negative/cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia

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3
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Subcortical dopamine hyperactivity

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Psychosis

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4
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What is the function of the tuberoinfundibular dopamine pathway

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Prolactin release

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5
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What is the function of the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway

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Extrapyramidal motor function

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6
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What is the function of the mesocortical and subcortical dopamine pathways - what are these known as when combined?

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Motivation and reward / mesolimbic system

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7
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Which dopamine pathway(s) are dysregulated in schizophrenia?

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Subcortical and mesocortical (mesolimbic)

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8
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Mesolimbic dopamine blockade leads to what

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Depression

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9
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Mesolimbic dopamine agonism leads to what

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Psychosis

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10
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Anti-psychotic causing weight gain

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Olanzapine

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Main side effects of clozapine

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Agranulocytosis and weight gain

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12
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What needs to be done before prescribing clozapine

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Have tried two other anti-psychotics

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13
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Who can prescribe clozapine

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Only consultant psychiatrist

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14
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Describe the monitoring of clozapine

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Every week for 6 months, every 2 weeks for the next 6 months and then monthly thereafter (also one month after discontinuation)

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15
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What are the brain changes seen in schizophrenia

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Reduced frontal lobe volume, enlarged lateral ventricles, reduced grey matter in the temporal cortex

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16
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Pressure of thought (2)

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Mostly mania, can be seen in psychosis

17
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Thought blocking

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Schizophrenia

18
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Flight of ideas

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Mania

19
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How to treat EPSEs

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Procyclidine

20
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Brain structure involved in the normal response to threat

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Amygdala

21
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What is Beck’s triad

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Negative feelings about the self, world and future

22
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What happens after taking NMDA antagonists

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Psychotic symptoma

23
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Drug used for alcohol withdrawal

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Chlordiazepoxide

24
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Seizures as a result of alcohol withdrawal occur within how long

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48 hours

25
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Delirium tremens occurs within how long of alcohol withdrawal

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48-72 hours

26
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Eosinophilic inclusions

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Lewy bodies

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