Psychosocial Flashcards
Generalised anxiety disorder
Clinical features - physical ?
- psychological?
Feeling anxious
Physical - dizzy, tachycardia, palpitations, diarrhoea, dry mouth, headaches, insomnia
Psychological - Aggression, lack of concentration, poor memory, loss of sleep, irritability, feel restless, worried
Phobia?
Panic disorder?
OCD?
PTSD?
Social anxiety disorder?
Phobias - Irrational fear of an object or situation – triggers severe anxiety
Panic disorder - Episodes of intense anxiety or panic
OCD - Recurring thoughts leading to need to repeatedly perform certain acts
PTSD - Anxiety caused by stressful, frightening or distressing event
Social anxiety disorder - Fear of social situations
Mood disorder examples?
More common in women or men?
Depression
Bipolar disorder - altering episodes of depression and euphoria
Depression - loss of appetite, low libido, lack of energy, early morning waking, lowering of mood
Bipolar - Episodes of elevation of mood associated with mental & physical overactivity Bright clothes, over familiar, disinhibition, pressure of speech, flight of ideas, grandiose ideas, risk taking
Both more common in women
Schizophrenia
What is it?
Clinical features?
Treatment?
Psychosis - loss of contact with reality
Clinical features -
Hallucinations
Delusions
Thought disorders
Others - eg paranoid beliefs and social withdrawal
Treatment - Anti psychotic medication
Therapy eg CBT
Eating disorder
What are they?
Examples?
Disturbance in eating behaviour
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa -
Voluntary reduction in oral intake to reduce body weight
Often also increase in exercise, laxative abuse, vomiting Anxiety about body shape and weight, Fear of obesity Disturbance of weight perception - belief that they are overweight
Low self-esteem, depression, anxiety
Light-headed, dizziness, amenorrhoea
Risk of suicide 10%
Bulimia nervosa -
Attempt to control weight by restricting amount they eat, then binge eating and then self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse
Associated with abnormal attitude towards food or body image
Normal body weight or some weight loss
More common than anorexia
Up to 10% women aged 20-30 affected
Low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, self-harm
Social pressure to be slim
Dental relevance of common psychiatric disorders
• Poor dental attenders
• Poor oral hygiene
• Increased risk of smoking, alcohol abuse, illegal drug abuse
• Antidepressants & anti-psychotics - dry mouth
• Dental phobia
• Increased risk of dental & maxillofacial trauma
• Increased risk of TMJ disorders + Chronic orofacial pain
Dental relevance of common eating disorders
• Dental erosion – esp palatal surfaces of upper incisors
• Salivary gland enlargement
• Need to take low body weight into account when calculating drug dosages
• Increased risk of fainting / postural hypotension
Dementia
What is it?
Causes?
Clinical features?
Treatment?
Dental relevance?
Gradual deterioration of intellect, memory and cognitive function in the absence of a disturbance of consciousness
Causes :
Degenerative disease (Alzheimer’s)
Genetic (Huntington’s chorea)
Vascular (multi-infarct dementia)
Metabolic (Wilson’s disease)
Toxic (Alcohol)
Brain lesion – tumour, infection (CJD), inflammation (SLE)
Clinical features:
Impaired intellect, memory & concentration
Difficulty reading, writing, speaking personality change
Treatment = social support
Dental relevance = Poor oral hygiene, poor attenders
Alzheimer’s disease
What is it?
Causes?
Associated with?
Treatment?
Responsible for over 70% cases of dementia
Parts of brain atrophy
Causes :
Unknown
Increased risk with age, family history, previous head injury, smoking, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia
Associated with :
Depression
Aggressive behaviour
Uncooperation
Treatment
Drugs (donepezil, acetyl choline esterase inhibitors)
Social support
Parkinson’s disease
Clinical features?
Treatment?
Dental relevance?
Tremor - at rest, may affect tongue & jaw
Rigidity – resistance to passive movements
Hypokinesia (slowness of movement)
Degeneration nerve cells in substantia nigra with loss of dopamine (vital role in regulating movement of body)
Other clinical features –
Postural changes , Loss of facial expression, Delayed swallowing, drooling, Weak voice, Depression, insomnia
Treatment:
Social support, physiotherapy
Drugs – levodopa, dopamine agonists
Dental relevance :
Poor oral hygiene
increased risk of aspiration
difficulty sitting in dental chair
drooling
Drug abuse
Examples of common drugs that are socially acceptable?
Paan
Alcohol
Tobacco
Drugs definitions
What is Psychological dependence?
What is Physical dependence?
What is tolerance?
Psychological dependence - drug leads to feeling of satisfaction + want to repeat to gain pleasure/ avoid discomfort
Physical dependence - when amount of drug decreased there are physical disturbances
Tolerance - when increased amount of drug is needed to get the same effect
Misuse of drugs Act 1971
Examples of Class A drugs?
Examples of class B drugs?
Examples of class C drugs?
What is it an offence to do?
Graded broadly according to harm attributable to a drug when it is misused.
Class A drugs
Ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, LSD, class B drugs when prepared for injection.
Class B drugs
Cannabis, amphetamines, codeine
Class C drugs
Benzodiazepines
It is an offence to:
Possess a controlled substance unlawfully
Possess a controlled substance with intent to supply it
Supply or offer to supply a controlled drug (even where no charge is made for the drug)
Allow premises you occupy or manage to be used for the purpose of drug taking
Drug trafficking attracts serious punishment, including life imprisonment for Class A drugs.
Examples of Drugs
Drug misuse and young adults
Drugs implicated in criminal activity
