Psychopathology

Question 1

Psychopathology

Definition
Approaches

Answer 1

Question 2

Classification of psychiatric symptoms

Answer 2

Question 3

Disorder of perception

Define perception, sensory distortion, illusions, hallucinations

Answer 3

Question 4

Hallucination vs pseudohallucination

Answer 4

Question 5

Contexts in which hallucinations are not regarded as pathological

Answer 5

Question 6

Classification of hallucinations

Answer 6

Question 7

Auditory hallucination

Types
Clinical relevance
First-rank symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 7

Question 8

Visual hallucinations

Types
Associated conditions
Predictors of commanding hallucinations

Answer 8

Question 9

Somatic, olfactory and gustatory hallucinations

Types

Answer 9

Question 10

Disorder of thought

Classification
Definition of delusion

Answer 10

Question 11

Differentiate partial delusion, over-valued ideas and obsessions

Answer 11

Partial delusion: False belief held with less conviction/ shakeable
Overvalued ideas: Plausible but unreasonably pre-occupied
Obsession: Ego-dystonic and actively resisted

Question 12

Primary delusions

Forms

Answer 12

Question 13

Secondary delusions

Cause
Effect

Answer 13

Question 14

Classification of delusions

Answer 14

Question 15

Delusion content

Types

Answer 15

• Persecutory
• Reference
• Grandiose
• Religious
• Sexual, amorous, erotomania, De Clerambault syndrome
• Jealousy
• Guilt
• Nihilistic
• Somatic (hypochondriacal)
• Infestation (Fkbom’s syndrome)
• Mis-identification: Capgras syndrome, Fregoli syndrome
• Control/ External control
• Thought possession: Insertion, withdrawal, broadcasting

Question 16

Persecutory, Reference, Grandiose delusion

Content
Associated disease

Answer 16

Question 17

Religious, Sexual/ amorous delusions

Content
Associated diseases

Answer 17

Question 18

Jealousy, Guilt, Nihilistic delusion

Content
Associated diseases

Answer 18

Question 19

Somatic, infestation delusion

Content
Associated disease

Answer 19

Question 20

Mis-identification, Control, Thought possession delusion

Content
Associated diseases

Answer 20

Question 21

Obsession and compulsion

Definition

Answer 21

Question 22

Differentiating types of repetitive or intrusive thoughts

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Question 23

Common themes of obsession and compulsions

Answer 23

Question 24

Formal thought disorder

Definition
Types of presentation

Answer 24

Types
- Direction: Circumstantiality or Tangentiality
- Tempo: Retardation or flight of ideas
- Amount: Poverty of thought or pressure of thought
- Continuity: Perservation or thought block
- Form: Loosening of association
- Neologism

Question 24

Thought disorder: abnormal direction of thought Content Associated conditions

Answer 24

Question 25

Thought disorder: Abnormal tempo Content Associated disease

Answer 25

Question 26

Thought disorder: Abnormal amount Content Associated conditions

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Question 27

Thought disorder: Abnormal continuity Content Associated conditions

Answer 27

Question 28

Thought disorder: Abnormal form Content Associated conditions

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Question 29

Disorder of emotions Define mood and affect

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Question 30

Mood disorders Types Psychological, biological and motor components

Answer 30

Question 31

Mood disorder: abnormal range and congruity Types of presentation

Answer 31

Question 32

Disorders of cognition Types of abnormal congition/ cognitive defect

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Question 33

Memory Types of memory Types of explicit memory

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Question 34

Disorders of consciousness

Answer 34

Question 35

Disorders of attention, memory and recognition

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Question 36

Abnormal Executive function, praxis, perception, language Types of presentation Associated conditions

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Question 37

Abnormal dissociation Types of presentations Associated conditions

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Question 38

Disorders of involuntary and voluntary movement

Answer 38

Disorders of involuntary movement: □ Tremor, eg. fine tremor (anxiety), Parkinsonian (EPS), coarse tremor (poisoning, Li overdose) □ Dyskinesia □ Dystonia Disorders of voluntary movement: Tics Catatonia Catatonia: - Waxy flexibility - Rigidity - Negativism - Excitement - Stupor - Echopraxia - Echolalia - Mannerism - Sterotypes - Ambitendency - Automatic obedience

Question 39

Catatonia Types of catatonia

Answer 39