Classification Flashcards
Where is schizotypal disorder classified in ICD-11?
WIth Schizophrenia and related disorders
Where is schizotypal disorder classified in DSM-V?
Cluster A personality disorders
What level of support might somebody with moderate learning disability need?
Can manage basic self care but need significant support to live independently and maintain employment as adults
Level of support required for severe learning disability
Daily support in supervised environment usually required
Some may develop basic self care skills with intensive support and training
Level of support required for profound LD
Limited communication ability
Daily support in supervised environments usually required
How long does it take to recover from most cases of delirium?
4 weeks
What is Ganser syndrome?
Approximate answers, disorientation, clouding of consciousness, hallucinations, motor disturbance, anxiety/apathy with then sudden resolution with amnesia for period of illness
Where is Ganser syndrome classified in ICD-11?
Other specified dissociative disorders
Who described the three-syndrome model of schizophrenia?
Liddle
Clinical features of avoidant personality disorder
Fear of criticism or rejection
Unwillingness to get involved unless certain they will be liked
Social inhibition due to feelings of inadequacy
View self as inferior
What is De Clerambault syndrome?
Form of delusion of love
Whats % of children with ADHD have a comorbid disorder?
50-80%
What are some common comorbid conditions with ADHD?
Specific learning disorders - 70% ASD - 59% Tics/Tourette's - 55% Oppositional defiant disorder - 30-50% Depression - 12-50% Bipolar - 5-47% Conduct disorder - 3.5-10%
What was Angst’s work in?
Bipolarity of mood disorders
Core symptoms of Schizophrenia in ICD-11
Delusions
Hallucinations
Experiences of passivity, influence or control
Disorganised thinking - formal thought disorder
What is Windigo?
Person developing the delusion of transforming into a cannablistic monster and craving human flesh under the threat of starvation in severely cold weather
When should schizophrenia, continuous be diagnosed?
If symptoms fulfilling criteria for schizophrenia have been present for almost all of the illness course over the period of at least 1 year with periods of subthreshold symptoms being brief
What are some characteristics of a paranoid personality disorder?
- Suspicions that others are harming them
- Holding long-standing grudges
- Increased sensitivity to criticism and setbacks
- Believing others are not trustworthy
- Feeling that others are attacking their character
What are some characteristics of delirium tremens?
- Clouding of consciousness
- Disorientation
- Amnesia of recent events
- Agitation
- Hallucinations - characteristically lilliputian
- Sweating, fear, cardiovascular collapse
Features required for diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenic and affective symptoms simultaneously present for at least 1 month with both being equally prominent
Where is schizoaffective disorder classified?
Schizophrenia or other primary psychotic disorders
What are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
- Flattened affect
- Alogia - poverty of speech
- Anhedonia
- Social withdrawal
- Avolition
- Lethargy
- Attentional impairment
How many axes did the ICD-10 use and what were they?
3
1 - the mental disorder
2 - the degree of disability
3 - current psychosocial problems
When does schizophrenia following brain injury tend to occur?
1-5 years after injury