Psychology disorders: screening and definitions

Question 1

How would you describe Generalised Anxiety Disorder?

Answer 1

Often valid concerns regarding family/finance/safety, but to a disproportionate levels.

Worried about worrying.

• “what’s your worst case scenario” (may be extreme)
• “any physical symptoms?”
• Screen for neuro-vegetative signs.

Question 2

Define OCD…

Answer 2

unwanted pervasive thoughts, images or impulses.

• ? compulsions: Behaviours that decrease their worry

Question 3

When screening for psychosis (delusions and hallucinations) what screening aspects of this should you cover?

Answer 3

• Are people out to get you? Persecution
• Hear things noones else hears? Auditory
• See things you know aren’t real? Visual
• Feel like people are watching/monitoring you? Paranoid
  
  • ​***do you experiance these even when you do not use alcohol or drugs?? Rule out substance abuse
• Do you get messages from adverts/internet etc? Referential delusions

Question 4

Apathy: definition

Answer 4

a lack of emotions or desire, a feeling of non-involvement or not caring

Question 5

Catalepsy: definition

Answer 5

Waxy flexibility - rigid maintenence of a body position over an extended period of time

Question 6

Cataplexy: definition

Answer 6

Episodes of sudden bilateral loss of muscle tone resulting in the individual collapsing

Often in association with intense emotions

Question 7

Catatonic behaviour: the five domains?

Answer 7

1. Motor immobility (catalepsy)
2. Purposeless agitation
3. Extreme negativism (apparently motiveless resistance to instructions)
4. Mutism
5. posturing
6. stereotyped movements
7. Echolalia or exhpraxia

Question 8

What is Capgras Syndrome?

Answer 8

A type of thought content delusional conviction

that a personally important individual has been replaced by a stranger