Psych Flashcards
PHQ-9, PHQ-2, Hamilton score all measure what?
Depression severity
PHQ-2 is used 1st as a first step, PHQ-9 is used to establish whether they meet criteria for a depressive disorder
Edinburgh Scale measures what?
Post-natal depression
SSRI used for Under 18s
Fluoxetine
‘Traffic light’ system used for which anti-psychotic drug
Clozapine
Condition in which individual (usually SE Asian / Malaysian male) goes on a killing spree before taking his own life
Amok i.e. To run amok
Condition in which individual (usually Chinese male) fears their penis is retracting within their abdomen
Koro
Condition in which individual (Indian male) believes he is losing semen (‘vital fluid’) in his urine
Dhat
Condition in which individual (African women) start repeating words of another person (echolalia) or obeying their comands
Latah
Condition characterized by severe depressive
episode usually occurring after a traumatic event. There are often physical symptoms
such as diarrhoea and nervous tics. It is thought (within the culture in which it exists) to be caused by separation of the soul from the body. It has some
features in common with acute stress reaction.
Susto
First-line drug for stabilizing manic / bi-polar patients
Lithium
Key features of hebephrenic schizophrenia
Disorganized speech and behaviour and flat affect
Personality disorder characterized by an inflexible preoccupation with rules, order and attention to detail (almost OCD-like). + very cautious and stubborn
Anankastic
Syndrome associated with use of opioids + SSRIs. Signs include HTN, tachycardia, pyrexia, myoclonus, sweating
Serotonin Syndrome
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What best describes this speech disorder?
Perseveration or logoclonia
When would you use a section 4?
To admit a mentally unwell patient from A&E when there is not enough time to organise a section 2 (lasts 72 hours)
