The Case Of The Confused Man

Question 1

Organic Psychosis examples?

Answer 1

Autoimmune Encephalitis
Wilson’s Disease
Hungtingdon’s Chorea
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Question 2

Iatrogenic Psychosis examples?

Answer 2

Steroids, ADHD medication

Question 3

Transient Psychotic Experiences examples?

Answer 3

Autism
Extreme Sleep Deprivation
Personality Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Torture and Sensory Deprivation

Question 4

Functional Psychosis examples?

Answer 4

Including drug induced, etc

Question 5

How does depression explain the presentation?

Answer 5

Depression can be mild, moderate or severe
All depression can affect concentration and attention
Severe depression can cause notable cognitive impairment

Question 6

Depressive symptoms are common (what percent?)

Answer 6

13 to 20% of population at any one time

Question 7

Whats going on in depression?

Answer 7

Stress (divorce, bereavement, relationship breakup, job loss, bullying) + Diathesis -vulnerability (female gender, genes?) + monoamine dysfunction = major depressive disorder

Question 8

Monoamine Hypothesis

Answer 8

Question 9

Serotonins main effect is the projections from the …

Answer 9

Raphe Nucleus

Question 10

Noradrenaline projects from the …. …. to innervate the limbic system and frontal lobe - Evidence that … works for depression, some variations of NA receptors make people more vulnerable

Answer 10

Locus Coreleus

SNRIS work