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positive symptoms

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delusions- persecutory, passivity, thought interference; auditory hallucinations; formal thought disorder

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negative symptoms

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poverty of speech and thought, flattened mood, anhedonia, loss motivation, blunted affect, social withdrawal

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what are the first rank symptoms

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3rd person auditory hallucinations, thought echo, delusional perception, thought insertion/withdrawal, passivity

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how long must you be experiencing symptoms for for diagnosis

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1 month ICD10, 6 DSM

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types of schizophrenia

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paranoid, catatonic, hebephrenic, residual(chronic), undifferentiated (simple)

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what is paranoid schizophrenia

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most common. delusions and auditory hallucinations

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what is catatonic schizophrenia

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uncommon. psychomotor disturbance, rigidity, posturing, echolalia, echopraxia

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differentials

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substance induced psychosis, psychosis due to general medical condition, mood disorders with psychotic features, sleep related disorder, dementia and delirium, PTSD, OCD, schizoaffective disorder

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aetiology

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neurochemical, genetic, neurodevelopmental, social

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what happens to the chemicals in the brain

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increased dopamine, increased serotonin, decreased glutamate

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neurodevelopmental causes

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obstetric complications, neurodevelopmental delay, cannabis, temporal lobe epilepsy

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genetic causes

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50% those with monozygotic twins have it

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social causes

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socio economic deprivation, excess of life events, living in a family with high expressed emotion- more likely to relapse

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what is high expressed emotion

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family is overinvolved, critical comments, making it hostile

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what is schizoaffective disorder

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mixture of schizophrenic and affective symptos- equal weighting

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what is delusional disorder

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fixed delusion or delusional system with other areas of thinking preserved

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what is brief psychotic episodes

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lasting less time than required for schizophrenia diagnosis

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what can be used to treat acute psychotic episode

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lorazepam and haloperidol (oral first line, IM second line)

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what are the main side effects of typical (conventional) antipsychotics

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EPSEs- dystonia, akithisia, tardive dyskinesia, parkinsonism

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what is the benefit of atypical antipsychotics

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less EPSEs as they target D2 less than D1

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how do antipsychotics work

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block D1 and D2 receptors so less dopamine

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examples of typical antipsychcotics

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chlorpromazine, haloperidol, trifluoperazine

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examples of atypicals

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olanzapine, clozapine, quetiapine, amisulpiride, risperidone

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what are the side effects of risperidone and amisulpiride

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hyperprolactinaemia

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side effect olanzapine

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weight gain, increased risk diabetes

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side effect clozapine

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agranulocytosis

27
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what is the neuroleptic malignancy syndrome

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muscle rigidity, fever, autonomic, delirium. increased CK levels and WCC

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what can you give to treat neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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bromocriptine

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what is a neurological emergency from antipsychotics

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neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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what is used for treatment resistant

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clozapine

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definition of treatment resistant

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failure to respond to more than 2 drugs for 6 weeks or more

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how does clozapine work

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blocks D1 and D4, lower affinity for D2 so lack of EPSEs

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what are the contraindications of clozapine

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neutropenia, myocarditis, pericarditis, cardiomyopathy, cardiac or renal disorders, hepatic

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what is the usual dose clozapine

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200-450mg

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what do you measure before initiating clozapine

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leukocyte count

36
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why do you need to do weekly FBCs in clozapine use

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checking for agranulocytosis

37
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anticholinergic side effects antipsychotics

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dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention, constipatiorn

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anti adrenergic side effects

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postural hypotension, tachycardia, sexual dysfunction

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anti histaminic side effects

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sedation, weight gain

40
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what is schizotypal disorder

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cluster A personality disorder, no delusions or hallucinations. ideas of reference, odd beliefs, odd behaviour or appearance odd speech

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tests for cognition

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stroop test- words and colours, trail making executive planning.

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acute v chronic schizophrenia

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acute- psychotic, delusions. chronic- negative symptoms

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psychological and social management

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psych- CBT, education, family therapy. social- housing and benefits, substance misuse, occupation, lifestyle

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depot antipsychotics benefits

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less frequent than tablets, known compliance, predictable bioavailability, contact and monitoring

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depot antipsychotics risks

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inflexible administration, longer washout if side effects, getting to steady state, patient acceptability

46
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suicide risk is higher in

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young men, first few years of illness, persistent hallucinations or delusions, hx illicit drug use, prev suicide attempts

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