Psychiatry EOB

Question 1

High rates of EPSE?

Answer 1

Haloperidol

Question 2

Drug which is very risky to foetuses in 1st trimester?

Answer 2

Sodium Valproate

Question 3

Patient is catatonic and not eating/drinking?

Answer 3

ECT

Question 4

Which MHA can an FY2 give use?

Answer 4

Emergency Detention Order
-72 hours

Question 5

STDO given out by?

Answer 5

Senior trainee of psychiatry and above, lasts 28 days

Question 6

CTO can be given by who and how long for?

Answer 6

MHO
6 months

Question 7

ID is defined as IQ of what and below?

Answer 7

70

Question 8

First line treatment for ID behavioural challenges?

Answer 8

Behavioral support plan

Question 9

People with ID are how many times more likely to die of avoidable causes?

Answer 9

4x

Question 10

If patient comes in with pneumonia as likely differential but does not want to consent to investigations what should you do?

Answer 10

Complete a section 47 of AWI then go on to investigations etc

-Not life threatening and time to complete th legal framework

Question 11

Mother with no MH history, admitted under MHA delusions of her baby being a demon and convinced she must abandon it in forest to save the world. Treatment?

Answer 11

ECT apparently (idk why)

Question 12

If a hallucination is saying “he is going to die” what kinda hallucination is it?

Answer 12

3rd person

Question 13

If patient is gaining a lot of weight on olanzapine but doing well what should you do?

Answer 13

Change to aripiprazole

Question 14

Anankastic personality disorder?

Answer 14

Compulsive personality disorder

Question 15

What (SCAM) product can increase likelihood of serotonin syndrome?

Answer 15

St John’s wort

Question 16

Is HT a SE of clozapine?

Answer 16

NO

Question 17

What is indicated if verbal fluency has been affected?

Answer 17

Frontal lobe impairment

Question 18

Drug for alcohol dependance?

Answer 18

Acamprosate

Question 19

Is derealisation a symptom of psychosis?

Answer 19

NO