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What are the domains of a mental state assessment?

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  1. Appearance and behaviour- physical health, hygiene, clothes, posture, motor abnormalities
  2. Speech- tone, volume, speed, rhythm
  3. Thoughts
  4. Mood- underlying emotion (e.g. mild climate, dysthymic)
  5. Affect- how you present (e.g. presents as warm but cloudy, tearful or angry)
  6. Perception- any hallucinations, illusions
  7. Cognition- consciousness, memory, orientation, attention
  8. Insight- ability to understand one’s condition
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What is a delusion of reference?

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When you believe actions of other people/media/events are directly related and communication to you

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What is a delusion of grandeur?

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Believing you are incredibly famous, rich, intelligent etc.

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What is a persecutory delusion?

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Believing that someone/something has malicious intent against you

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What is thought insertion?

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Believing thoughts have been inserted into your mind

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What is thought broadcast?

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Believing your thoughts are being broadcasted to others

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What is thought withdrawal?

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Believing your thoughts are being taken out of your mind

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What are the most common types of delusion in schizophrenia?

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Persecutory or delusions of reference

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What are examples of positive symptoms in schizophrenia?

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Delusions
Hallucinations
Illusions
Formal thought disorders: disorganised speech, neologisms (making up words)
Abnormal physical behaviours- uncomfortable and strange postures/ positions, inability to move, random movements etc.

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What are examples of negative symptoms in schizophrenia?

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Reduced social function :
Physical signs- weight change, poor hygiene, not taking care of oneself, withdrawn from interactions
Speech- poverty of speech (not speaking much, unable to explain answers)
Blunting of affect
Difficult to distinguish from depression
Avolition- lack of interest in life
Bradykinesia

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What are the types of hallucinations?

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Auditory
Visual
Olfactory
Tactile

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What are lilliputian hallucinations?

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Common in Charles Bonnet Syndrome

- hallucinations of little people

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What are the first rank symptoms in schizophrenia?

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Symptoms that are very indicative of schizophrenia;

  • All thought alienation- insertion, withdrawal, broadcast
  • 3rd person auditory hallucination (voices outside the head talking about you)
  • Somatic/ tactile hallucinations (something touching you, insects crawling out of your skin)
  • Delusional perception
  • Passivity- being controlled
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What is delusional perception?

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When seemingly normal things are perceived to have an other meaning to you (e.g. traffic lights showing amber means the world is going to end)

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What are the second rank symptoms in schizophrenia?

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Symptoms that are common in schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions

  • Delusions of reference
  • Paranoid delusions
  • Persecutory delusions
  • 2nd person auditory hallucinations (more often in mania)
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What is the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia?

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ICD-10: 1 first rank symptom for at least 1 month

DSM-5: 2 of the following symptoms for 6 months (inc 1 postive)

  • delusions
  • hallucinations
  • disorganised speech
  • disorganised or catatonic behaviour
  • negative symptoms

IN THE ABSENCE OF DRUG INTOXICATION, BRAIN DISEASE OR PRIMARY AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

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What are common differential diagnoses for schizophrenia?

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  • Delusional disorder (one primary delusion)
  • Brief psychotic disorder (symptoms for less than a month)
  • Manic depression (distinguished with periods of elation)
  • Organic psychosis (caused by neurological disease or drugs)
  • Drug intoxication (illegal and steroids)
  • Epilepsy
  • Dementia
  • B12 deficiency
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Trauma/ head injury
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What is the pathology of schizophrenia?

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  • excess dopaminergic activity

- abnormal glutamate activity

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What investigations would you do in ?schizophrenia?

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  • drug screening
  • EEG
  • blood glucose
  • neuro exams
  • CT/MRI (SOL, enlarged ventricles)
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What is the aetiology/ risk factors of schizophrenia?

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Genetics (family history)
Poor neurodevelopment (abuse, school problems)
Low socioeconomic status 
Over-involved families 
Adverse life events 
Drug abuse (cannabis)
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What is a personality disorder?

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An abnormal behavioural pattern formed in childhood/adolescence that causes issues in forming relationships or functioning in society.

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What is the aetiology of personality disorders?

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Genes + environment

  • abnormal perinatal/postnatal development
  • abuse
  • poor attachments
  • poorly formed behaviour patterns in childhood
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What are the 3 clusters of personality disorders?

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A: Odd/ eccentric
- Schizoid PD (Social withdrawal, restricted emotion or
pleasure, aloof)
- Paranoid PD (Mistrust, cold, hypersenstive, poor
relationships)
- Schizotypal PD (delusions, ideas of reference, magical
thinking)

B: Dramatic
- Borderline PD (unstable/intense relationships,
impulsive, transiently suicidal)
- Histrionic PD (immature, shallow, suggestible)
- Narcissistic PD
- Antisocial PD

C: Anxious
- Avoidant/ Anxious PD (persistent feelings of
inadequacy, reluctancy to engage due to fear)
- Obsessive compulsive PD (excessive doubt, stubborn,
rigidity, perfectionist)
- Dependent PD

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What is the management for BPD/EUPD?

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DBT!! Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (CBT + acceptance)

Group therapies

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What is the management for cluster C (anxious) personality disorders? - Anxious PD - OCPD - Dependant PD
CBT + Psychodynamic | Group therapies
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What are the principles of CBT?
Links between: - Thoughts - Feelings - Behaviour Challenge thinking patterns to overcome associations
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What is required to deem that someone has capacity?
1. Understanding information 2. Retain information 3. weigh and use this information to make a decision 4. Communicate that decision
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Which law governs issues on mental capacity?
The Mental Capacity Act (2006)
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What is a lasting power of attorney?
Someone with capacity gives someone else (usually friend or relative) the right to make decisions on their behalf should they lose capacity
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What is an advance decision?
Making decisions for the future in advance in case they are unable to do so in the future Can be regarding; - healthcare - DNACPR
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What is a DoLS?
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Deprived of liberty (ability to come and go as they please) - In a carehome or hospital Must: - be over 18 - Have a mental disorder - Lack capacity - be in the patient's best interest - Not sectioned under Mental Health Act - DoL must not contradict any advanced decisions or LPA
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What is the difference between a DoL and sectioning?
DoL: not being treated for mental health disorder
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What is sectioning?
Compulsory admission due to a mental disorder severe enough that the person is at risk to themselves or others
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What is Section 2? - Who can do it - What for - How long for
2 doctors (1 who is section 12 approved) + 1 AMHP For assessment 28 days
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What is Section 3? - Who can do it - What for - How long for
2 doctors (1 who is section 12 approved) + 1 AMHP For treatment 6 months
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What is Section 4? - Who can do it - What for - How long for
1 doctor When situation is too urgent to arrange a section 2 72 hours
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What is Section 5(2)? - Who can do it - What for - How long for
1 doctor Urgent detention of an inpatient (anywhere except A+E) 72 hours
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What is Section 5(4)? - Who can do it - What for - How long for
1 Mental health nurse Urgent detention of a psychiatric inpatient in the absence of a doctor 6 hours
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What is Section 135? - Who can do it - What for - How long for
Police Officer Removal from home to a safe place 72 hours
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What is Section 136? - Who can do it - What for - How long for
Police Officer Removal from public to a safe place 72 hours
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What are the risk factors for suicide?
``` Male Age 35-49 Mental illness Physical disability Chronic illness or pain Drug and alcohol abuse Loss of job Social isolation Relationship breakdown Debt Bereavement Imprisonment ```
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What are indicators of an upcoming successful suicide attempt?
- Plans - Written notes - Final acts (arranging finances, wills etc.) - Efforts to avoid discovery - Previously violent attempts
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What is conversion disorder?
Patients experience loss of physical function without a cause
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What is Munchausen's syndrome?
Patients cause their own disability to seek attention or care
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What is somatisation?
Patients simply complain of symptoms
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What is malingering?
Faking disability or disease for personal gain (e.g. financial or drug)
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What is the SSRI of choice in adolescents?
Fluoxetine
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What is Othello syndrome?
Patient believes partner is being unfaithful | Delusional jealousy
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What is ECT licensed for?
Rapid and short term management of: Severe and treatment-resistant depression Catatonia Prolonged episode of mania
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What are the signs of dependence?
``` Compulsions to engage with addicted substance/action Aware of harms but persist **Neglect of other activities** Tolerance Stopping causes withdrawal Time is preoccupied with substance/action Out of control use Persistent ```
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What pathway causes substance abuse?
Mesolimbic dopaminergic reward pathway
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What is the management for substance abuse?
Residential rehabilitation CBT Group therapy Contingency management programmes (e.g. rewards given for negative drug tests) Management of any infections (e.g. HIV or Hepatitis with IVDU)
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What is the aetiology of substance abuse?
Peer pressure Addiction to prescribed opioids Desire for pleasurable effect Psychiatric illness: depression, impulsivity/anxiety, BPD, Antisocial PD,
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What is delerium tremens? + presentation
Severe alcohol withdrawal: - tremors - seizures - auditory and visual hallucinations - headache - vomiting/ nausea - agitation - sweating - palpitations - depression - craving - insomnia
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In delerium tremens, when do symptoms start?
6-12 hours: sweating, agitation, craving, anxiety, tremor 36 hours: seizures 48-72 hours: COARSE tremors, hallucinations, confusions, delusions, tachycardia
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What is the management of delerium tremens?
Reducing doses of chlordiazepoxide CBT, community support groups contingency management programmes
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What is the management for schizophrenia?
Antipsychotics: Atypical: Olanzapine or Risperidone | Typical: Haloperidol
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What are the side effects of ECT? + who is at risk?
Immediate: - Status epilepticus - Involuntary muscle spasm - SE of GA - arrhythmias - Headache Long term: - Retrograde and anterograde amnesia At increased risk: - Elderly - Pregnant
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What is mania?
``` Period >7 days Euphoria/ elevated mood Irritability Inappropriate elation Increased energy Increased pressure and speed of speech Increased speed of thoughts- flight of ideas ±grandiose delusions Loss of inhibition Poor attention Insomnia Increased appetite ``` Symtoms cause functional impairment May require hospitalisation due to risk to self/ others
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What is hypomania?
``` Period <7 days Increased mood and energy Increased pressure/ speed of speech Flight of ideas Poor attention Insomnia Increased appetite ``` NO psychotic symptoms
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What is bipolar disorder?
Condition with 2 or more episodes of significant mood disturbance inc. at least one episode of mania/hypomania/ mixed
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What is the Type 1 and Type 2 Bipolar Disorder?
``` Type 1 (most common): Mania+ Depression Type 2: Hypomania + Depression ```
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What is the management for bipolar disorder?
Acute: - Depression: SSRI or lithium or atypical antipsychotic - Mania: Lithium or atypical antipsychotic Long term (prophylaxis): - Lithium - Sodium Valproate - Lamotrigine - Carbamazepine
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What are the risks of Lithium?
``` Thyrotoxic Teratogenic Nephrotoxic Can cause arrhythmias - hypercalcaemia ```
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What is depression?
> 2 weeks of low mood
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What are the symptoms of depression?
``` Low mood Anhedonia Feelings of guilt Feelings of worthlessness Change in appetite/ libido/ weight Disturbed sleep Psychomotor agitation or retardation Fatigue Deliberate self harm Thoughts of suicide/ death ``` Psychotic symptoms: - delusions or poverty, guilt, inadequacy, nihilism - hallucinations (auditory, visual, olfactory) - Catatonia
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What investigations would you want to do in ?depression?
Bloods: FBC, blood glucose, TFTs, LFTs, U+Es, calcium levels Imaging: Head CT/MRI if atypical presentation
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What is the management for depression?
CBT, CAT, Individual guided self help, structured group activity SSRIs- Fluoxetine, Citalopram, Escitalopram, Sertraline SNRIs- Venlafaxine, Duloxetine TCA Other: mirtazapine ECT
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What are the side effects of SSRIs?
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea Insomnia, irritability Erectile dysfunction Increased suicidal ideology
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What are the side effects of SNRIs?
Raised BP and HR Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea Insomnia, irritability Erectile dysfunction Increased suicidal ideology
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What is the management of generalised anxiety disorder?
First and second line: individual guided self help, then CBT Drugs: propanolol, SSRIs or venlafaxine Acute: Benzodiazepines, zopiclone
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What is OCD?
Marked anxiety associated with compulsions and obsessions Cause distress Has good insight
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What is the management of OCD?
CBT (exposure and response therapy) Behavioural therapy Family psychotherapy SSRIs; escitalopram, fluoxetine, sertraline Antipsychotics (risperidone, olanzapine) ECT
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How do you detox and maintain detoxification from heroin?
Buprenorphine and Methadone
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What is the presentation of PTSD?
1. Re-experiencing; flashbacks, nightmares, visions, distress 2. Avoidance or rumination; avoiding stimuli or obsessing over it 3. Hyper-arousal or Emotional numbing; hyper-vigilance, easily startled, irritable, social withdrawal, difficulty concentrating, sleep disturbances, feelings of detachment, amnesia
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What is the management for PTSD?
Therapy: Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) or Trauma-Focussed CBT (TF-CBT) Drugs: Paroxetine, mirtazipine, zopiclone short-term
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What is the presentation of OCD?
Carrying out a compulsion is not a pleasurable act Obsessions/thoughts are distressing Must have at least one compulsion that is unsuccessfully resisted Obsessions are known to be the individuals own thoughts Symptoms for >2 weeks Commonly; cleaning, checking, counting
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What is the presentation of panic disorder?
>4 panic attacks a week for >4 weeks Unanticipated and not affected by surroundings
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What is the management of panic disorders?
CBT and SSRIs
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What is agoraphobia?
Fear of unfamiliar spaces with no way to escape or hide
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What is a phobia?
Anxiety disorder with a strong, irrational fear towards something that poses no actual threat
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What is the management of phobias?
CBT and SSRIs
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What is anorexia nervosa? | Inc DSM criteria
An eating disorder based on food restriction DSM Criteria: 1. Persistent restriction of energy intake 2. Irrational fear of gaining weight or getting fat 3. Undue influence of body weight and image on self-evaluation, or lack of recognition of seriousness of condition, or disturbance in perception of body weight or image
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What investigations would you want to do in ?anorexia?
ESR + TFTs- weight loss U+Es to check for electrolyte balance in malnutrition and?vomiting DEXA ECG
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What is a healthy BMI?
18.5-24.9
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What is the management for anorexia nervosa?
CBT-ED MANTRA Multivitamin and mineral supplementation Oral supplementation of nutrition
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What is bulimia nervosa? + DSM criteria
Repeated episodes of uncontrolled eating followed by compensatory weight loss behaviours DSM: 1. recurrent episodes of binge eating (eating a lot without control) 2. Recurrent compensatory weight loss behaviours e.g. vomiting, laxatives, excessive exercise etc. 3. At least once a week for 3 months 4. Body image/ weight unduly effects self-esteem and valuation 5. Does not occur in anorexia nervosa
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What are the investigations and management of bulimia nervosa?
Investigations: U+Es (hypokalaemia with vomiting) Management: Bulimia focused guided self help CBT-ED
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What is the management for gambling addiction?
Group therapies; 12 step recovery: Gamblers Anonymous CBT
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What mental health teams are available for community?
Early intervention team- for first episode psychosis Community mental health team Crisis team Assertive outreach team- long term illness

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