Psychiatry

Question 1

According to the IC-10 guidelines what are the core presentation for the diagnosis of unipolar depression?

Answer 1

Lethargy, anhedonia and low mood for at least 2 weeks (don’t have to have all of these just the core triad)

Question 2

Physical symptoms of depression?

Answer 2

Slow speech, myalgia, constipation

Question 3

Psychological symptoms of depression?

Answer 3

Worthlessness, helplessness, guilt

Question 4

Social symptoms of depression?

Answer 4

Relationship difficulties, poor effort at school/work

Question 5

What is circumstantiality?

Answer 5

An inability to answer a question without unnecessary and excessive detail

Question 6

What is poverty of speech?

Answer 6

Minimal verbal communication that lacks the additional unprompted characteristics of speech.

Question 7

What is Preservation?

Answer 7

Inability to switch ideas along with social context

Question 8

In which psychological conditions are thought disorders linked with?

Answer 8

Schizophrenia and psychosis

Question 9

What are the first rank symptoms of schizophrenia? (4)

Answer 9

Delusional perception, Auditory Hallucinations, Thought disorders, Passivity experience (someone else making them do it)