random not so impt psych conditions

Question 1

Capgras syndrome

Answer 1

(illusion of doubles).

Question 2

Fregoli syndrome

Answer 2

The delusional belief that one or more familiar persons, usually persecutors following the patient, repeatedly change their appearance and are actually a single person in disguise.

Question 3

Intermetamorphosis

Answer 3

The belief that people in the environment swap identities with each other while maintaining
the same appearance.

Question 4

Syndrome of subjective doubles

Answer 4

A person believes there is a doppelganger or double of themself carrying out independent
actions.

Question 5

Lycanthropy

Answer 5

belief of transformation into a wolf, dog, cat, horse, hyena, tiger, bird,
frog or a bee, and behave accordingly

Question 6

Cotard’s syndrome

Answer 6

a man believes that his skin is rotting and that he is dead.

Question 7

Folie a deux

Answer 7

(induced psychosis)

A delusional belief is transmitted from one individual to another.

Most commonly diagnosed when the two or more individuals concerned live in close proximity and may be socially or physically isolated and have little interaction with other people.

Question 8

Ekbom’s syndrome

Answer 8

delusional parasitosis, delusion of infestation

Question 9

De Clerambault’s syndrome

Answer 9

Erotomania

Question 10

Othello syndrome

Answer 10

Morbid jealousy

Question 11

Couvade syndrome

Answer 11

Experiencing symptoms resembling pregnancy (e.g. minor weight gain, morning nausea, abdominal swelling and/or spasms, food cravings, hormonal changes, disturbed sleep patterns), in a man whose female partner is pregnant.

Question 12

Charles Bonnet syndrome

Answer 12

a man with deteriorating vision described the emergence of vivid hallucinations of dancing children.

Note: visual hallucinations can occur in blind or partially sighted people.
Note: auditory hallucinations can occur in deaf or hearing impaired individuals.

Question 13

Ganser’s syndrome (syndrome of approximate answers)

Answer 13

the police arrested a man for breach of the peace. When asked how many legs a table has, he answered “five”.

Question 14

Diogenes syndrome (senile squalor syndrome)

Answer 14

Extreme self-neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal, excessive hoarding
(syllogomania) and lack of concern about one’s living conditions.

Question 15

Munchausen syndrome

Answer 15

Factitious disorder, in which a person intentionally fakes, simulates, worsens or self-induces an injury or illness for the main purpose of being treated like a medical patient.

Question 16

Munchausen syndrome by proxy

Answer 16

A type of factitious disorder characterised by a pattern of behaviour in which someone, usually a
mother, induces physical ailments upon another person, usually her child.

Question 17

Perseveration

Answer 17

repeating the same words/answers.

Question 18

Echolalia

Answer 18

repeating exactly what someone has said.

Question 19

Neologism

Answer 19

making up new words.

Question 20

Word salad

Answer 20

disorganised speech, sentences that do not make sense.

Question 21

Expressive dysphasia

Answer 21

difficulty putting together words. Often develops following a stroke.

Question 22

differentiate schizotypal and schizoid

Answer 22

schizotypal:
magical thinking that focuses on paranormal phenomena, evidenced by the patient’s discussion of a ‘spirit guide’.
odd speech, such as that high-pitched voice the patient uses during the consultation.

Schizoid:
social isolation, a lack of interest in sexual relationships, emotional coldness, and a preference for solitary activities.