Psychiatry III Flashcards
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Diagnostic criteria for obesity?
More than 20% ideal weight/BMI>30
Block which 3 receptors would cause weigh gain?
H1/M receptor/5HT2c/also block D2 increase prolactin cause weight gain in women
What are some drugs for obesity?
Amphetamine/Orlistat (lipase inhibitor)/topiramate and zonisamide (anti-convulsants)
DSM 5 criteria for anorexia?
Refuse to maintain normal weight/don’t eat/fear of gaining/body image dysmorphism (self restricted)/restricting (don’t purge) and binge type
Highest mortality rate of psych disorder?
Anorexia
What characteristics does anorexia pt usually have?
Rigid/type A personality/high endogenous opiate/Lanugo hair
Treatment for anorexia?
If severe enough—>force feeding tube/have to be firm with them
DSM 5 criteria for bulimia
eating an atypically large amount of food (compulsion)—>1 time a week for 3 month/purging (compensatory behavior) and non purging type/no anorexia symptoms/
Which is more prevalent, anorexia or bulimia?
Bulimia
Which has better prognosis, anorexia or bulimia?
Bulimia
What are some medical signs of bulimia?
Poor dentition/low phosphate and magnesium/salivary enlargement/normal to obese weight/Russel’s sign
Treatment for bulimia?
Psychotherapy/SSRI/TCA
What is the mild anorexia disorder called
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
What is the mild bulimia disorder called
Binge eating disorder
Diagnostic criteria for delusional disorder?
Single focused delusion/no hallucination/normal lives
What is Capgras delusion?
Delusion where pt feels someone has been replaced by an imposter
What is Fregoli delusion?
Delusional disorder that the pt thinks different people are actually the same person that change appearance or in disguise/paranoid—>you are following me….
What is vampirism?
Delusion that one is a vampire
What is lycanthropy?
Delusion that one is a werewolf
What other disorder do pyschopathic cannibalism pts have?
Antisocial/psychopathy/and delusion about eating people
What is folie a deux or shared delusion disorder?
Symptoms of a delusional belief are transmitted from one person to another (voodoo zombie)
What is cotard’s delusion?
Delusion that the pt believe that he/she is dead
What is the heroin like drug that rot flesh?
Krokodil
What is Morgellons/delusional parasitosis?
Delusion that you are infested with parasite and they are underneath your skin/might actually find some bacteria or parasite (self induced)