Pysch

Question 1

What are clang associations?

Answer 1

ideas related only by rhyme or being similar sounding

Question 2

what is the antidperessent of choice in children and adolescents?

Answer 2

fluoxetine

Question 3

which antidepressant drug also increases appetite and helps with insomnia?

Answer 3

mirtazapine

Question 4

what management is available for personality disorders?

Answer 4

dialectal behaviour therapy

Question 5

What biochemical abnormalities would you expect to see in someone with anorexia?

Answer 5

hypokalaemia
low sex hormone levels - LH, FSH, oestrogen, testosterone
raised growth hormone and cortisol levels
hypercholesterolaemia

Question 6

what is the management of bipolar disorder?

Answer 6

lithium remains the mood stabiliser of choice
if a patient is taking an antidepressant consider stopping it and start antipsychotic therapy e.g. olanzapine and haloperidol
depression should be managed by talking therapy and fluoxetine(?) which is the antidepressant of choice

Question 7

what is circumstantiality?

Answer 7

inability to answer a question without giving excessive, unnecessary detail

Question 8

what is the difference between flight of ideas and Knight’s move thinking?

Answer 8

flight of ideas - leaps from one topic to another but with discernible links between them
Knight’s move thinking - loosening of associations where there are unexpected and illogical leaps from one idea to another