HP5s

Question 1

What act takes away the option to refuse medication?

Answer 1

Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act 1992

Question 2

Serotonin

Answer 2

Blood pressure, regulate mood, support sleep…..

Question 3

Dopamine

Answer 3

Regulation of emotion, motor function, motivation

Question 4

SSRI

Answer 4

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

Question 5

SNRI

Answer 5

Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors

Question 6

TCAs

Answer 6

Tricyclic Antidepressants

Question 7

MAOIs

Answer 7

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors

Question 8

SSRI

Answer 8

Antidepressants
block uptake of serotonin, which increases amount presents in synapse and increases effects

Question 9

Common SSRIs

Answer 9

Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Serataline

Question 10

SNRIs

Answer 10

block norepinephrine uptake
results in increase in bloodstream.
increase iin BP + HR

Question 11

Common SNRIs

Answer 11

Venlafaxine
Duloxetine

Question 12

TCAs

Answer 12

greater side effect profile than SSRIs
prevent reuptake of neurotransmitters

Question 13

Side effects of TCAs

Answer 13

lowered seizure threshold
CNS disturbances
cardiac disturbances

Question 14

Amitripyline

Answer 14

TCA
commonly used for migraine

Question 15

MAOIs

Answer 15

significant dietary limitations due to risk of hypertension

Question 16

What foods to people with MAOIs have to avoid

Answer 16

anything picked, fermented, smoked or aged
(foods high in tyramine)

Question 17

Buproprion

Answer 17

well tolerated and not related to other antidepressants.

Question 18

Anticholinergic effects

Answer 18

dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, urinary retention

Question 19

What antidepressants were deveoped first?

Answer 19

Tricyclic

Question 20

Benxodiazapines

Answer 20

Increase GABA action which induces a calming effect
(diazepam, lorazepam, clonazepam)

Question 21

Non-benzodiazepine

Answer 21

commonly used for sleep
Zopiclone helps to induce sleep and hold in deep sleep stages

Question 22

Mood Stabilisers

Answer 22

Lithium

Question 23

First vs second gen antipsychotic

Answer 23

1st - management of positive symptoms (dopamine regulation)

2nd - management of positive + negative. sedating properties and high risk of metabolic side effects

Question 24

DIGFAST

Answer 24

Distractible
Insomnia
Grandiose
Flight of Ideas
Agitation
Speech

Question 25

Autism

Answer 25

neurodevelopmental condition that affects cognitive, sensory and social processinf

Question 26

FASD

Answer 26

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Question 27

Muscular Dystrophy

Answer 27

group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass

Question 28

How does MD come about?

Answer 28

mutation on x chromosome interfere with production of proteins needed for healthy muscle (dystrophin)

Question 29

Most common MD

Answer 29

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (9 types)

Question 30

What causes Down Syndrome

Answer 30

genetic disorder caused mutation that results in an extra chromosome 21 - not inherited

Question 31

Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Answer 31

stiff muscles associated with damage to cerebral cortex

Question 32

Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy

Answer 32

Uncontrollable movements (dyskinesia) associated with damage to basal ganglia

Question 33

Ataxic Cerebral Palsy

Answer 33

Poor balance and coordination (ataxia) associated with damage to cerebellum

Question 34

Spina Bifida

Answer 34

affects brain and spinal chord fault in spinal chord development which leaves a split (sc not formed properly)

Question 35

Focal Seizure without awareness

Answer 35

caused when larger part of brain is affected - looks like sleepwalking or intoxicated