General

Question 1

De Clerambault’s Syndrome

Answer 1

Delusion of being loved by someone superior. Common in females. Secret admirers

Question 2

Fregoli Syndrome

Answer 2

Familiar person falsely identified in strangers

Question 3

Capgras Syndrome

Answer 3

Familiar person is supplanted by a stranger who is their exact double

Question 4

Othello Syndrome

Answer 4

Delusion of infidelity of a spouse or partner. More commonly in males, accusations of infidelity, interrogation of the partner.

Question 5

Cotard’s Syndrome

Answer 5

Delusions of their body or self having disappeared. Commonly in women

Question 6

Ekbom’s Syndrome

Answer 6

Delusions of infestation with insects.

Question 7

Ganser Syndrome

Answer 7

Syndrome of approximate answers.

Question 8

MHA Section 2

Answer 8

Admission for assessment for upto 28 days. GP, Psychiatrist and approved social worker required

Question 9

MHA Section 3

Answer 9

Admission for treatment for upto 6 months. Nearest relative or SW along with 2 doctors

Question 10

MHA Section 4

Answer 10

72 hour assessment order used as an emergency when section 2 would involve delay.

Question 11

MHA Section 5 (2)

Answer 11

A patient voluntarily in hospital can be legally detained for 72 hours by a doctor

Question 12

MHA Section 5(4)

Answer 12

Allows a nurse to detain a patient already in hospital for 6 hours

Question 13

MHA Section 135

Answer 13

Court order to allow police to break into a property to remove a person to a place of safety.

Question 14

MHA Section 136

Answer 14

Someone found in a public place who appears to have a mental health disorder can be taken by the police to a place of safety.

Question 15

Dissociative Fugue

Answer 15

1. Purposeful travel beyond the everyday range
2. Maintenance of self care
3. Dissociative amnesia

Question 16

Akathisia

Answer 16

Lower limb restlessness. Common SE of antipsychotics, mainly risperidone. Associated with extra pyramidal SE

Question 17

Histrionic Personality

Answer 17

Excessive emotionality and attention seeking behavior. Often sexually provocative.

Question 18

Narcissistic

Answer 18

Pervasive pattern of grandiosity. Need for admiration. Lack of empathy.

Question 19

Borderline Personality Disorder

Answer 19

Pervasive pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships.

Question 20

Somatisation

Answer 20

Multiple somatic complaints
No organic pathology
Sx for several years
Pt refuses to accept reassurance or - results

Question 21

Hypochondriasis

Answer 21

Suffer from fear of serious disease like cancer

Question 22

Conversion

Answer 22

AKA Hysteria
Loss of physical function suggestive of physical disorder
Loss of motor or sensory function.
Underlying psychological conflict

Question 23

Dissociation

Answer 23

Breakdown of memory, awareness, identity and perception. Involves psychiatric sx. In contrast to conversion disorder involves psych sx.
Amnesia, fugue, identity disorder

Question 24

Munchausen’s

Answer 24

Factitious disorder. Intentional production of physical or psychological sx. Young adult men
Draw attention to themselves

Question 25

Malingering

Answer 25

Fraudulent simulation or exag of sx for personal gain.

Question 26

Schneider’s First Rank Sx of Schizophrenia

Answer 26

1. Auditory hallucinations, voices in 3rd person
2. Thought withdrawal, insertion and interruption
3. Thought broadcasting.
4. Somatic hallucinations
5. Delusional perceptions
6. Feelings/actions from external agents.
   * *not voices in 2nd person**