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Most dangerous SEs of clozapine?

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Agranulocytosis, neutropenia (atypical)

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SEs of olanzapine?

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weight gain, T2DM (atypical)

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Carbamazepine SEs?

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drowsiness, leucopaenia, diplopia, blurred vision, rash

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Sodium valproate SEs?

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VALPROATE (A-increased appetite and weight, L- liver failure, P-pancreatitis, R- reversible hair loss which grows back curly, O-oedema, A- ataxia, T- teratogenicity, tremor, thrombocytopaenia; E-encephalopathy, due to hyperammonaemia

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MSE components

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Appearance and Behaviour 
Speech
Mood and Affect (including suicidality)
Thoughts (form and content) 
Perception 
Cognition 
Insight

ASEPTIC (e - emotion for mood and affect)

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Depression - min duration, 3 core symptoms

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2 weeks min,

low mood, anhedonia, anergia

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Bipolar I diagnosis

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Criteria for mania.

May have previous hypomania/depression

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Bipolar II diagnosis

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Hypomaniac episode and current/past depressive episode.

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Appetitive/approach system - which substance and roughly where in brain?

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DOPAMINE
Centre of the brain

[ascending dopamine systems – mesolimbic/cortical projection; ventral striatum; dorsal striatum (movement); amygdala (conditioning / learning); anterior cingulate (a7ention / conflict / response selection); orbitofrontal cortex (relative reward preference / rule learning)]

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Aversive/defensive systems - substance and where in the brain?

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SEROTONIN
Peripheries of the brain
[ascending serotonin systems; NA / CRF / peptide transmitters
central nucleus of amygdala; hippocampus; ventroanterior and medial hypothalamus; periaqueductal gray matter]

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Examples of MAOI antidepressants?

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Phenelzine, Isocarboxazid, Tranylcypromine

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Examples of RIMA antidepressants?

Reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A

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Moclebemide

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Examples of TCAs?

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Amitriptyline Clomipramine, Imipramine, Nortriptyline, Dosulepin

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Examples of SSRIs?

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Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, (Es)Citalopram, Sertraline, Fluvoxamine

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Examples of SNRIs?

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Venlafaxine, Duloxetine

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Example of NARI? (Nor-Adrenaline Reuptake inhibitors)

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Reboxetine

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SSRIs used for which conditions?

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depression, panic disorder, 
social anxiety disorder,	
PTSD, OCD, 
chronic pain, eating disorders, 
stroke recovery, premature ejaculation
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TCAs - tricycling depressant - blocks which receptors?

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Histamine, muscarinic ACh, adrenergic

all are post-synapse

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SEs of TCAs?

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most anticholinergic:
Constipation, dry mouth, blurred vision, cardiac function
Postural hypotension (cholinergic and adrenergic blockade causing failure of peripheral orthostatic reflexes)
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SEs of MAOIs?

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Tyramine inactivated in the gut by MAO so gut stuff.
Hypertensive crises with tyramine-containing foods (cheese, yoghurt, yeast, meat, alcohol, broad beans, herring)
Sympathomimetics (OTC cold remedies).
Symptoms: flushing, headache, high BP, rarely CVA. Treat: alpha blockers

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Types (3) and examles of mood stabilisers

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  • anti-convulsants (carbamazepine, valproate, lamotrigine)
  • atypical antipsychotics (olanzapine, risperidone, aripiprazole, quetiapine)
  • other: lithium carbonate (citrate), nimodipine (Ca channel antagonist)
22
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Anorexia vs bulimia

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Anorexia - less than 17.5 BMI or 85% of expected weight (can still vomit then it’s binge-purge subtype)

23
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Anxiety - which brain part is responsible for emotional filter, seeing if a stimulus requires a fear/flee etc?
Which compounds increase in anxiety?

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Amygdala

Cathecholamines and cortisol

24
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Panic attacks on PET scans - which region?

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anterior pole of temporal lobe – parahippocampal gyrus

25
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PTSD - where in brain?

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Limbic brain (amygdala - stores emotionally charged memories, hippocampus - locate memories) and medial prefrontal cortex (emotional and fear responses)

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Timeline for acute stress reaction, acute stress disorder and acute or chronic PTSD

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acute stress reaction - up to 48 hrs
“ “ disorder - up to 4 weeks
PTSD - up to 3 months if acute. More - chronic

27
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Treatment for OCD

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SSRI -> SSRI -> SSRI -> etc

Can add CBT and treat co-morbidities. Consider neurosurgery is still unresponsive

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Schneider’s first rank of psychotic symptoms

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Auditory hallucinations, delusions of thought interference, delusions of control, (delusional perception)

29
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Rape-pill: name and class

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Rohypnol, Benzodiazepine

30
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3 dopaminergic pathways and what they’re controlling

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NIGROSTRATAL (extrapyramidal motor system)
MESOLIMBIC/CORTICAL (motivation and reward)
TUBEROINFUNDIBULAR (prolactin release)

31
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personality disorders - cluster A “odd and eccentric”

(2 types)

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Paranoid (nie wierzy w wierność, bears grudges; JóCz)

Schizoid (lonely, without close friends; nowa Litw)

32
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Cluster B personality disorder “dramatic and emotional”

3

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Antisocial (kłamstwo, łamanie prawa, bójki; ja)
Borderline (raz kogoś uwielbiasz, drugi raz nienawidzisz, boisz się straty, unstable image of self, impulsitivity, suicidal; stara Litw)
Histrionic (teatralny, centre of attention, physical appearance; Matt)

33
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Cluster C personality disorder “anxious and avoidant”

3 types

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Avoidant (nie pójdę bo się wstydzę i nikt mnie nie polubi; Karo)
Dependant (inni niech podejmą za mnie decyzje; Zain)
Obsessive-Compulsive (zasady, pieniądze, praca, wysokie standardy; Franco)

34
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Emergency detention

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Max 72 hrs
registered medical practitioner
can’t treat
no right to appeal

35
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Short term detention

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max 28 days
can treat and can appeal
MHO consent needed
necessary to asses the patient what to give them or give them treatment

36
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Compulsory treatment order

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Two medical reports
can appeal and treat
up to 6 months
hospital or community

37
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Learning disability - classification

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Mild IQ – 50-69
Moderate 35-49
Severe 20-34 (almost always epilepsy)
Profound <20 (may be bed-bound)

38
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How to calculate units in alcohol?

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units = (%*volume)/10

eg 0.4 (40% vodka) * 750 ml / 10 = 30

39
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Parts of brain (3) to do with memory

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Amygdala, hippocampus (declarative learning) and striatum (habit learning).
More - neurobiology of cognition (10.21)

40
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neuropatholody of Alzheimer’s dis

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Amyloid plaques (breakdown of protein, beta)
Neurofibrillary tangles (TAU protein)
41
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Depletion of ACh in nucleus basalis of Meynert - which disease?

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Alzheimer’s dementia

42
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Autism - name for normal intelligence but bad socially (A) and for no eye contact, very severe (B)?

Triad of symptoms?

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A - Aspergers
B - Kanners

Sympt: socially, language, repetitive behaviour

43
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Side effects of main classes of antidepressants?

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TCAs (amitriptylina) - anticholinergic SEs, eg dry mouth
SSRIs (fluoxetine, paroxetine) - hyponatraemia
SNRIs (venlaflaxine) - n&v, dizzy, somnolence
MAOIs (phenelzine) - hypertensive crisis with amines

44
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Secure attachement: strangers?
reaction when parent leaves?
when they’re back?

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child explores freely, happy with strangers when mum there
upset when leaving
happy when back

45
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Resistant attachement:
strangers?
when mum leaves?
when mum back?

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explores little, wary of stranger always
upset when leaving
ambivalent on return

46
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Avoidant attachement:
strangers?
when mum leaves?
when mum back?

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explores freely
may engage with a stranger (not dependent on parent)
little distress when leaving
little reaction when back

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