Post-Mid Mod Flashcards
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What are the characteristics of a psychotic patient
-Demonstrating a loss of reality
-Experiencing delusions/hallucinations/thought disorders
What are the differential diagnoses for psychotic patients
-Schizophrenia
-Brief psychotic
-Delusional
-Schizophreniform
-Schizoaffective
-Substance/medication-induced psychosis
-Mood disorders
-Other medical conditions inducing psychosis
Symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized/catatonic behavior, negative symptoms (emotional blunting) WITH loss of social/occupational functioning
Schizophrenia
Symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, disorganized/catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms for at least 1 month and less than 6 months; less socially/occupationally impaired
Schizophreniform Disorder
Symptoms of a major depressive/manic episode concurrently with the core symptoms of schizophrenia; must be present without prominent mood symptoms for at least 2 weeks
Schizoaffective Disorder
Symptoms of persistent but relatively circumscribed delusions for at least one month in the absence of other schizophrenia symptoms; able to function in daily life normally
Delusional Disorder
Symptoms of psychosis, delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech/behavior that are persistent for at least one day by for less than one month; return to full premorbid functioning
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, gross disorganization that are directly caused by the effects of a medical illness (neurological, endocrine, metabolic, autoimmune, delirium)
Psychotic Disorder due to another medical condition
What is the presentation difference between delirium and schizophrenia
Delirium has fluctuating levels of alertness/orientation; schizophrenia patients are consistent and usually well-oriented
What drugs can induce psychosis
Adrenocorticosteroids
Atropine/Anticholinergics
Ketamine
NMDA receptor antagonists
Symptoms of psychosis, hallucinations, delusions, as a direct result of substance intoxication/withdrawal
Substance/Medication Induced Psychotic Disorder
What illicit substances can cause psychosis
Alcohol
Amphetamines
Cannabis
Cocaine
Hallucinogens
Inhalants
Opioids
Phenylcyclidine
Sedatives
What are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Delusions and hallucinations
Fixed ideas based on incorrect perceptions of reality and do not stem from a shared system of cultural beliefs (i.e. internal to the individual)
Delusions
What are Schneider’s first-rank symptoms of schizophrenia (3)
- Thought broadcasting- believe that their thoughts can be perceived by others (no privacy)
- Thought insertion- believe that their thoughts are not their own but of someone else who inserted it into their heads
- Thought withdrawal- believe that thoughts are being removed from their heads (typically paranoid)
What is the most common perceptual symptom of schizophrenia
Auditory hallucinations
Are visual hallucinations more indicative of schizophrenia or delirium
Delirium
What are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Affective blunted/flattened expressions (robot-like)
How is the blunted/flattened affect of schizophrenia defined
Loss of volition + development of apathy (but NOT depressed)
What are the disorganized symptoms of schizophrenia
Bizarre/idiosyncratic thought processes
Loosening of associations
Clanging
Word salad (incoherent word patterning)
Disturbed word choices
Neologisms
Thought-blocking
Catatonia/Wavy flexibility
What are the chances of inheritance of schizophrenia
10% in siblings
13% in children (one parent- two parents is 30-40%)
What is a major risk factor for inheriting risk genes for schizophrenia
Advanced paternal age
What is the general mechanism of antipsychotic drugs
Block postsynaptic dopamine receptors > decrease activity in the dopamine pathways of the brain (the opposite of Parkinson’s drugs)
What is the action of dopamine on the tuberoinfundibular tract
Inhibits prolactin secretion from the posterior pituitary gland (responsible for many of the side effects of antipsychotics)