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After individuals with bulimia stop purging what may they get?

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Parotitis - often painless

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When can a child copy a circle, square and triangle?

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Circle - aged 3

Square - aged 4

Triangle - aged 5-6

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When can a child build blocks of 2, 3, 6-7, 9-10

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2 - 15 months

3 - 18 months

6-7 - 2 years

9-10 - 3 years

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How should one switch from a TCA to SSRI?

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Half dose of TCA start the SSRI and slowly withdraw the TCA

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How should you switch from Trazodone to another anti-D (not MAOI)?

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Cross-taper cautiously

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In CJD what are the initial symptoms?

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Often cerebellar or visual:
- Ataxia, clumsiness, dysarthria
- Diplopia, distorted vision, blurred vision, field defects, changes in colour perception, visual agnosia

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Name some changes to the cerebellum?

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Hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis
Reduced Purkinje cell count of the cerebellum

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Lesion in which artery of the brain is most likely to produce akinetic mutism?

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Anterior cerebral artery

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Does Lewy Body Dementia showed reduced acetylcholine counts?

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Yes - that’s why acetylcholine-esterases are used in these conditions

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What is the cerebral torque?

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Opposing right-left asymmetry of frontal and parietal-occipital regions - may be disturbed in psychosis

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What anti-depressants perinatally have been linked to cleft palate in neonates?

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SSRIs

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MAOI > other anti-depressants for which condition?

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Social phobia

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What measures may improve lithium induced tremor?

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Taking smaller, more frequent doses
Propanolol

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How long does persistent delusional disorder need to last?

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1 month

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In grief attentional bias to objects belonging to the dead person is known as?

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Incentive salience

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What is interoception?

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Awareness of one’s physiological state

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What is the most long lasting cognitive effect after ECT?

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Retrograde amnesia for autobiographical memory

Confusion and disorientation usually resolves within 24-48 hrs
Anterograde amnesia resolves in

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What is the most long lasting cognitive effect after ECT?

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Retrograde amnesia for autobiographical memory

Confusion and disorientation usually resolves within 24-48 hrs
Anterograde amnesia resolves in

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What is the most long lasting cognitive effect after ECT?

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Retrograde amnesia for autobiographical memory

Confusion and disorientation usually resolves within 24-48 hrs
Anterograde amnesia resolves within the first few weeks

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Does high EE affect men or women more with regards to risk of relapse post psychotic episode?

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Men

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What is the primary ego defence?

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Repression

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Is the risk of Clozapine induced agranular cytosis dose dependent?

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No

Afro-Caribbean, young and low baseline count are risk factors
First 6 months of treatment risk is highest

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Name antipsychotics high risk of weight gain?

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Clozapine
Olanzapine

Moderate:
- Risperidone
- Quetiapine
- Palliperidone
- Chlorpromazine

Others are generally low risk inc. Zuclopenthixol, Haloperidol. Sulpride, Amilsulpride, Aripiprazole etc

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Which anti-dementia drug undergoes minimal hepatic involvement for breakdown and is metabolised by choline-esterase itself?

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Rivastigmine

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Are there interactions between OCP and Sodium Valproate?

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No

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26
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Which cells promote clearance from the synapse?

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Stellate cells

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Which cells link the cortex to the spinal cortd for motor transmission?

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Betz cells

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28
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Name a common defence mechanism seen in Naricssism?

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Projection

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How may extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism change in age?

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All decrease in both males and females

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How long does puberty tend to last for boys?

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2-3 years

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31
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What is the most common feature in Parkinson’s?

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Unilateral resting tremor

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32
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Describe features of late onset Schizophrenia?

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Predominantly female
Less negative symptoms
Less thoughts disorder
Prominent hallucinations visual

Social isolation
Sensory impairment
Premorbid paranoid personality traits

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In psychopathology the tendency to feel inappropriately euphoric is known as?

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Moria

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34
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What does the Stanford Binet test assess for?

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Intelligence

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In extroverts how does the ascending reticular activating system act?

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Under-active –> therefore seek out social contact

Introverts –> may be over active and want alone time

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36
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Name some mechanisms that account for sexual dysfunction with antipsychotics?

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Alpha - 1 - antagonism - erectile dysfunction (also known to attribute to priapism for chlorpromazine, thioridazine and trazadone)

D2 blockade - hyperprolactinaemia or reduced drive
H1 blockade - sedation

Anticholinergic blockade - Reduced peripheral vasodilation

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Which anti-depressants are most/least associated with sexual dysfunction?

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Mirtazapine
Moclobemide
Vortioxetine
Reboxetine
Buproprion
Agomelatine

Those with a lot:
- SSRI
- SNRI (Venlafaxine > Duloxetine)
- Tricyclics

38
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What is the inheritance pattern of Fragile X

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X-linked dominant

39
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How does Flumazenil work?

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Competitive inhibition at GABA-A receptor

40
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Which TCA is the

a) Most serotenergic
b) Most noradrenergic
c) Most histaminergic
c) Least anticholinergic

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a) Clomipramine - best for OCD
b) Desipramine - most noradrenergic (secondary amine)
c) Doxepin
d) Secondary amines - Nortriptyline, Desipramine, Amozapine

41
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What are the ECG in myocarditis?

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Saddle shaped ST elevation - if pericardial involvement

Tachycardia

Prolongation of PR interval

Diffuse TWI

42
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What can acetylcholine-esterase inhibitors do to ECG?

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Bradycardia and PR prolongation

43
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Lhermitte’s sign is seen in which condition?

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Multiple sclerosis
- it is the presence of brief shock like sensations starting in the neck and radiating down the body towards the limbs

44
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How is subclinical hypothyroidism managed in a patient taking Lithium?

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Initially monitored

45
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Are perceptual abnormalities seen in parkinson’s?

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Yes - 40%

Commonly perception of a person next to them - 25%
Sometimes formed visual hallucinations - 22%
Can be auditory hallucinations - 9.7%

46
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Shenjing Shuairuo is a culture bound illness from which country?

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China - it means weak nerves

Symptoms similar to chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia
- Multiple somatic complaints
- Dizziness, headaches, chronic pain, fatigue

47
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The social acceptance of individuals with learning disabilities without devaluation is known as?

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Social role valorisation

48
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Name a new mental disorder in ICD-11

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Prolonged grief disorder

49
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In ICD-11 can all disorders be diagnosed at any age?

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Yes

50
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What anti-D is associated with a lower risk of manic switch?

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SSRI

51
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Clonidine is a….

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Alpha-2-adrenergic agonist

  • it’s effects are typically act on presynaptic alpha 2 adrenergic receptors this reduces the release of noradrenaline
  • on cessation there may be rebound hypertension
  • Clonidine is used for tics and tourettes and also ADHD

Side effects;
- dizziness
- sedation
- orthostatic hypotension
- dry mouth
- depression

52
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Which oral benzodiazepine has the shortest onset of action?

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Diazepam

53
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How does reserpine work?

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It prevents the storage and synthesis of NA from axon terminals

54
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What is a haptic hallucination?

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Other name for tactile hallucination

55
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What is the most common obsession in OCD?

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Fear of contamination

56
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In Minuchin’s study of families of patients with anorexia nervosa what behaviours did he find?

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Overprotectiveness
Rigidity
Poor resolution conflict resolution skills
Emneshment

57
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How does vision develop in the neonate?

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Birth - track objects, bright light perception, can fixate on objects at 20cm, figure-ground perception

1 month - discriminate faces

2 months - prefers 3D > 2D and depth perception

4 months - colour vision and accommodation

6 months - adult acuity

58
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Name a neurochemical theory for tardive dyskinesia?

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High D-2 sensitivity (supersensitivty)

59
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What muscarinic receptor blockade is most likely to lead to anti-cholinergic effects in TCAs?

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M3

60
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Name some neurological conditions associated with autism?

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Tuberous sclerosis
Neurofibromatosis

61
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What are the hold tests in the WAIS?

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Information
Object assembly
Picture completion
Vocabulary

  • these are meant to be resistant to brain damage

Non-hold tests are block design, digit span, digit symbol, similarities

62
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What is the risk of alcoholism in close relatives?

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3-4 x more likely

63
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What is the increased risk of inheriting panic disorder in close relatives compared to the general population?

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6 - 17%
4 - 8 x more likely

64
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The isoforms of MAO A/B are encoded on which chromosome?

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X chromosome

65
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What scan would differentiate Parkinson’s from drug induced Parkinson’s

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Beta-CIT-SPECT or FP-CIT (DATscan)

66
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Techtineum-HMPAO-SPECT (99mTc) assess for?

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Indirectly assess blood flow

67
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What stage of sleep are saw tooth waves seen?

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REM sleep

Also low voltage mixed frequency alpha and theta waves seen

68
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Are dystonias dose dependent?

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Yes

69
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How does Mianserin work?

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Alpha-2 antagonism and weak alpha-1 antagonism - prevents the uptake of Na mainly, some Serotonin

Can be delivered OD due to half life 10-29 hours
Sedative and weak antimuscarinic effects

70
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What are phase 1 and phase 2 reactions?

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Phase 1 - oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis
Phase 2 - conjugation, methylation, n-acetylation, glucuronidation

71
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What can SSRI’s cause?

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Nocturnal myoclonus

72
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The MOHOST is a scale that assesses?

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ADL functioning

73
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Capgras syndrome is what type of delusion?

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Reduplicative paramnesia - the sense that a place, person has been duplicated and the person is simultaneously experiencing it

74
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What personality traits was Jung associated with?

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Introversion/Extroversion

75
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Restless leg syndrome may be treated with what type of drug?

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Dopamine agonist

carbi/levo-dopa
Prameprixole

75
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Restless leg syndrome may be treated with what type of drug?

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Dopamine agonist:
- carbi/levo-dopa
- pramiprexole
- rapinirole

Clonazepam 2nd line

76
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Fronto-striatal executive dysfunction is a neuropsychological theory for which condition?

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ADHD

77
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What type of chromosome is formed by Robertsonian translocation?

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Metacentric - p arms get discarded

78
Q

The health of nations outcomes scale assess for?

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Assess recovery and clinical outcomes

79
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Name a non-clinical administered scale fully structured interview used in epidemiological studies to identify a lifetime diagnosis?

A

Diagnostic interview schedule

80
Q

Pimozide and Carbamezepine are broken down by BLANK enzymes

A

CYP3A4 - grapefruit juice, paroxetine, fluvoxamine and fluoxetine are inhibitors

81
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Name some antipsychotics with prominent orthostatic hypotension?

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Clozapine & Risperidone - due to alpha-1-adrenergic blockade

82
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Which anti-epileptic is associated with motor disturbances?

A

Vigabatrin

83
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Name some indications for Tetrabenazine?

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  • Huntington’s
  • Tardive Dyskinesia
  • Tourette’s
84
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What is a hygric hallucination?

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A feeling of fluid

85
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Name some defence mechanisms used in OCD?

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Undoing, reaction formation and isolation

86
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When is the steady state of clozapine/sodium valproate reached?

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2-3 days

87
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What has been previously referred to as bodily distress disorder?

A

Neurasthenia

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