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Formative Learning Points Flashcards

1
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What is a primary symptom of schizophrenia ?

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Thought disorder (insertion, broadcast etc)
Hallucinatory voices
Delusions of control,influence or passivity
Persistent inappropriate delusions
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What are secondary symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Persistent hallucinations in any modality
Breaks or interpolations in train of thought
Catatonic behaviour
Negative symptoms

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What are the positive symptoms of Schizophrenia

Things that are their that shouldn’t be there

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Hallucinations
Delusions
Disordered thinking

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What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

things that are missing

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Apathy
Lack of interest
Lack of emotions

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What are nihilistic delusions?

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Delusions regarding non existing on the self/the world

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What is the SCAN classification?

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Schedules for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry

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What is the SCID anagram

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Severe combined immunotherapy

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What is conduct disorder?

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Intentional dissocial behaviour

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9
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What is somnambulism

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Sleep walking

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10
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What is a MAOI?

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Monoamine oxidase inhibitor- used to treat………

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What is the adult support and protection (Scotland) Act 2007?

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Vulnerability adult, allows social protection not social protection

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12
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What is the mental health act 2007?

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The legislation that applies in England and Wales

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13
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What is the interpersonal map?

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Represents self and peers, used in schema therapy (better for personality disorders)
Shows underlying beliefs/systems

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What are the two screening tools used to assess alcohol consumption?

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CAGE

FAST (fast alcohol screening tool)

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15
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What is the BDI therapy

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Becks depression inventory?

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What is the MADRS screening scale?

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Montgomery and asberg depression scale

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17
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How do you monitor lithium levels?

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Aiming for blood level between 0.6 and 1.2
Steady state achieved after 5 days, check 12 hours after last dose (taken at night)
Once stable check concentration every 3 months
Check TSH and creatinine every 6 months

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18
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What is an assessment order?

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Court order requests the assessment of a patient in custody

19
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What is a guardianship order?

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Act on a patients behalf when capacity impaired. Only put in place after the the incident and the patient does not have power of attorney

20
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What is a place of safety order?

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Police use it to remove people from a public place

21
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What is a restriction order?

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Court restricts movements of an individual

22
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What is dysthymia?

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Recurrent mild (sub clinical) depression

23
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What is akathisia?

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Unpleasant sensation of restlessness

24
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What is Catatonia

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Immobility, stupor

25
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What is dysarthria

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Difficulty articulating speech

26
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What is dystonia?

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Involuntary muscle spasms/contractions

27
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What is agraphia?

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Inability to write

28
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What is dyscalculia

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Difficulty with numbers

29
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What is alexithymia

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Sub clinical emotional blindness

30
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What is Anergia?

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Lack of energy

31
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What is cyclothymia?

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Relatively mild mood fluctuations

32
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What is poverty of thought?

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Thought disorder

33
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What is an idea of reference?

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Believing that causal events, remarks and occurrences which happen every day illogically relate to oneself (people laughing at you when they’re not)

34
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What is a delusional perception?

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A delusion where you relate something to something else with no relation e.g. I’ve seen a seagull in the park, therefore I must dig up margret thatcher

35
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What is confabulation?

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Making up elaborate stories to fill bits of memory that have been lost. Patients believe these stories

36
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What is agoraphobia?

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Fear of large crowds

37
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What psychiatric drugs are contraindicated by pregnancy

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Lithium- Mood Stabiliser
Valproic acid (depakote)- Anticonvulsant
Benzodiazipines not brilliant but used

38
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Summarise the psychotherapies used to treat disorders?

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CBT- operates on the principal that thoughts, feelings and behaviours are intertwined. Aims to stop thoughts that influence behaviours and feelings and vice versa

Behaviour activation- Focuses on the negative behaviours of diseases and the unintended consequences they cause

Interpersonal therapy-Effective for mood and personality disorders. Patient constructs an interpersonal map and aims to reduce symptoms and increase interpersonal skills

Motivational interviewing- considers the cycle of change to help get patients to take the initiative and make a change

39
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What do you do before starting someone on Lithium?

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Baseline U&E’s, TSH and pregnancy test

40
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What are the side effects of lithium?

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GI distress- reduced appetite, N+V, diarrhoea
Thyroid abnormalities
Nonsignificant leukocytosis
Polyuria/polydypsia secondary to ADH antagonism
Hair loss, Acne
Cognitive slowing

41
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What are the stages and signs of lithium toxicity?

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Mild 1.5-2.0- vomiting, diarrhoea, ataxia, dizziness, slurred speech, nystagmus

Moderate 2.0-2.5- N+V, anorexia, blurred vision, clonic limb movements, convulsions, delirium, syncope

Severe>2.5- generalised convulsions, renal failure and oliguria (barely passing urine)

42
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What are the different though disorders that may occur in schizophrenia?

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Thought Insertion- someone is making you think their thoughts
Thought broadcasting- everyone else knows your thoughts
Thought blocking- Someone slows thinking
Thought withdrawal- someone takes your thoughts

43
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What is the process of treatment in depression?

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SSRI- first line
Combined SSRI and SSRI or SSRI and SNRI- second line
Keep on drugs, also take lithium- third line
Keep on drugs and take atypical antipsychotic- 4th
Electroconvulsive therapy- last line

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