ILA high yield topics Flashcards
RF for self harm
- Socioeconomic disadvantage
- Social isolation
- Stressful life events
- Mental and physcial health problems
- Alcohol or drug misus =e
Suicide risk after self harm
Increased, esp if:
- Repeated episodes
- Males
- Expressed intent
- Physical health problems
Mx self harm
- Physical or psychological risk = urgent referral
- Treat minor injury
- Self poisoning = emergency
Self-harm review
- Within 48 hours in primary care to assess risk and needs
Long term SH management
- Harm minimization techniques and alternative coping strategies
- Care and crisis plan
- Refer for psychological interventions if needed
define hallucination
sensory perception that occurs in the absence of actual external stimulus
define delusion
abnormal belief held with subjective certainty which requires no external proof, held inf ace of contradictory evidence and personal significance to person involved
Positive psychosis symptoms
- Disorganised behaviour
- Thought disturbance
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
Negative psychosis sx
- Emotional blunting
- Reduced speech
- Loss of motivation
- Self neglect
- Social withdrawal
Schizoid personality disorder
- Indifference to praise or criticism
- Preference for solitary activities
- Lack of interes in sex or companionship
- Emotional coldness
- Few interests
- Few friends
Antisocial personality disorder
- Fail to conform to social norms
- Repeatedly lying, impulsiveness, irritability and aggression
- Consistent irresponsibility
- Lack remorse
Borderline personality disorder
- Emotionally unnstable
- Unstable relationships alternating between idealisation and devaluation
- Impulsivity in self damaging area
- Recurrent suicidal behaviour
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder
- Occupied with details and ruls
- Perfectionism that hampers with tasks
- Dedicated, meticulous, scrupulous
- Unwilling to share tasks
- Stiff and stubborn
Bipolar disorder
- Characterised by episodic depressed and elated moods and increased activity
Manic episode
- Abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood lasting at least 1 week
- At least 3 other sx
- Severe enough to cause marked impairement in social or occupational functioning
- Psychotic eatres
hypomanic episode
- Sx for 4 days
- Not severe enough to cause marked impairement in functioning
- No psychotic features
bipolar management
- Psychological interventions
- Lithium = mood stabiliser
- Stop antidepressant if manic/hypomanic
Bulimia DSM 5
- Recurrent binge eating
- lack of control
- recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviour to prevent weight gain
- this ocurs at least 1 week for 3 months
Anorexia DSM5
- Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements keading to significantly low body weight
- Intense fear of gaining weight
- Disturbance in way ones body weight or shape is experienced
Learning disability
- Reduced ability to understand new or complex information, new skills
- Reduced ability to cope independently
- Started before adulthood with a lasting effect on development
Learning diffuculty
- Children and young people who have specific learning difficulties = dyslexia
- No significant general impairement of intelligence
Learning diffuculty
- Children and young people who have specific learning difficulties = dyslexia
- No significant general impairement of intelligence
CAM criteria for delirium
- Confusion that has developed suddenly and fluctuates
- Inattention
- Disorgansied thinking
- Altered LOC
PTSD
- More than 1 month
- Re experiencing
- avoidance
- hyperarousal
- Emotional numbing
anxiety mx
- sertraline
- alternative ssri or snri
pregabalin
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