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Psychosis Flashcards

1
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classic characteristics of psychosis?

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hallucinations
delusions
passiity phenomena
thought interference

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define psychosis

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inability to distinguish between subjective experience and reality that is characterised by lack of insight

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3
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paranoid psychoses are also referred to as

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dementia praecox

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4
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give an example of a paranoid psychotic condition?

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schizophrenia

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if a patient has overlap of schizophrenic symptoms and bipolar disorder what condition could they have?

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schizoaffective disorder

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non-psychiatric causes of psychosis

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delirium
dementias
brain injury
stroke
alcohol use/withdrawal eg DT
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what happens to the brain when you have hallucinations

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aberrant brain processing

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define hallucinations

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a perception which occurs in the absence of an external stimulus which is experienced as originating in real space, not just thoughts

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hallucinations have the same qualities as normal perception T or F

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T

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10
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give examples of normal hallucinations?

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sensory deprivation tank

hypnagogia/hypnopompia (hallucinations when youre falling into/out of sleep)

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give examples of simple hallucinations

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formless sound
murmuring
2D shapes

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give examples of a complex hallucination

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solid figure
voice
music

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give an example of a haptic hallucination?

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something is going on inside you ie your guts are dying, someone has planted something inside you

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14
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give an example of a tactile hallucination?

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feeling something on you ie insects

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15
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define paranoia

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the belief that external events are related to oneself

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define delusion?

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a fixed, falsely held belief that is held with unshakeable conviction

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ideas of reference are a feature of what condition?

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schizophrenia
delusional disordr
bipolar

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give examples of ideas of reference

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beliefs that others are looking at them in unusual ways, reacting to their appearance, disgusted by it
or making fun of or talking about them

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when does a delusion become a secondary delusion?

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if it is preceded by an event such as a hallucination;

often an attempt to explain an event

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how does thought disorder present?

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odd patterns of speech eg neologisms, knight’s move thinking, punning, tangentiality, loosening of associations

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21
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severe symptoms of thought disorder

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verbigeration/word salad (can’t communicate properly

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22
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define thought insertion

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thinking your thoughts dont belong to you

23
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what is thought broadcasting?

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thinking everyone knows what youre thinking about

24
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what is thought withdrawal?

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thinking people are taking thoughts out of your head

25
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how can you assess through MSE if the patient is psychotic? what questions could you ask?

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“what would you say if someone said to you that these beliefs are not true”
“can you explain to me how this is possible?”
assess their INSIGHT

26
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how could you approach a psychotic patient about admitting them?

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“i think that this is evidence that you are actually unwell and i think you need to be in hospital for some treatment - although i recognise you disagree with this”

27
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what kind of hallucinations indicate schizophrenia? give an example

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3rd person auditory

eg people are talking about you

28
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paranoid and self referential delusions are not specific to any diagnosis T or F

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T

29
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visual hallucinations are present in what psychiatric conditions

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substance misuse
delirium
dementia

30
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drug induced hallucinations are generally short lived T or T

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T

31
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grandiose delusions present in….

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BPAD
schizophrenia
substance misuse

32
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what does mood congruent mean in terms of hallucinations?

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the content of them will be based on mood eg if you’re sad the hallucinations will also be sad

33
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describe the passivity phenomenon

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core feature: the belief that one is no longer in control of one’s own body, feelings or thoughts;
feel an external agent is controlling them to feel emotions, do things or to experience bodily sensations

34
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the passivity phenomenon is present in what conditions…

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substance abuse

schizophrenia

35
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“clouding of consciousness”

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delirium

36
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delirium is worse at what time?

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night

37
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thought disorder is a feature of what conditions?

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schizophrenia

mania

38
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what are ideas of reference?

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a thought disorder characterised by a delusional belief that media content, e.g. TV or radio broadcast, refers to oneself, or that others are talking or thinking about oneself.

39
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a patient believes his parents are trying to poison him; this is an example of what kind of psychopathology?

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paranoid delusion

40
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if someone says they’re paranoid, what should you reply?

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what do you mean by paranoid?

41
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“everyone has access to my thoughts”

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thought broadcasting

42
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what form of psychopathology involves the patient feeling they’re having thoughts delivered to them by someone else?

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thought insertion

43
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heritability of schizophrenia?

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around 80%

44
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“proportion of observable differences in a trait between individuals in a population thats due to genetic differences” defines….

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heritability

45
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lifetime risk of getting schizophrenia if a first degree relative has it?

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12%

46
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if your MZ twin has schizophrenia how likely are you to get it?

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45%

47
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a viral illness in what trimester increases your risk of psychosis?

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2nd

48
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what obstetric problems can increase rsk of psychosis

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preeclampsia
fetal hypoxia
emergency C section

49
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what childhood infection can increase schizophrenia risk by 50%

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viral CNS infection

50
Q

schizophrenia is associated with primarily __ matter abnormalities

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grey

51
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there is evidence of neuronal loss in schizophrenia T or F

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F

52
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enlargement of what part of the brain at diagnosis is present in schizophrenia?

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ventricles

53
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there is evidence of gliosis in schizophrenia T ro F

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F

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