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Hebephrenic schizophrenia features (3)
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Prominent thought disorder
Blunt Affect Lack of goal directed behaviour |
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Catatonic psychophrenia features
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Catatonic behaviour - stupor, excitement, posturing, rigidity
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Simple psychophrenia
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Considerable loss of personal drive, negative symptoms.
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Biological symptom of depression includes mood worse in the morning
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FALSE
in the evening |
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Methyldopa and beta blockers are recognised causes of depression
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TRUE
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L-tryptophan can be used to augment an antidepressant in treatment resistant dep
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TRUE
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There is a stronger genetic component in the aetiology of BAD than in unipolar depression
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TRUE
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Antidepressants are contraindicated in BAD
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FALSE
used with utmost caution |
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Delusions never correspond to reality.
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FALSE
although a delusion may actually be true (eg partner having an affair), the reasons given for believing it are faulty |
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Hypnagogic hallucinations are non-pathological and occur when a patient is falling asleep.
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TRUE
Hypnopompic occur on waking |
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Stereotypies is a motor symptom of schizophrenia
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TRUE
sterotypies are complex movements that do not appear to be goal-directed, eg rocking back and forth, gyrating |
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Residual is a subtype of schizophrenia
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TRUE
think its the same as simple |
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Schizophrenia is associated with ventricular enlargement and reduced brain size
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TRUE
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Schizophrenia is not associated with complications in pregnancy
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FALSE
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In schizoprenia negative symptoms are associated with a good response to treatment
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FALSE
positive symptoms have better prognosis |
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Free-floating anxiety characteristically features avoidance
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FALSE
that's a specific phobic disorder |
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A normal bereavement reaction seldom extends beyond 6 months
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TRUE
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In Somatisation patients believe they have a serious physical illness
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FALSE
the essential feature is multiple recurrent frequently changing symptoms. |
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In hypochondriacal disorder, symptoms are produced intentionally or feigned
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FALSE
physical or psychological symptoms are produced intentionally or feigned in both factitious disorder and malingering |
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Malingering is differentiated from factitious disorder by the intensity of the feigned symptoms
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FALSE
factitious and malingering are differentiated by the patient's motivation for simulating symptoms. In factitious the patient are focused on the primary internal gain of assuming the sick role. In malingering, patients are focused on a secondary external gain. |
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Obsessions may occur in one in five patients with depression
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TRUE
20% have OCD symptoms |
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The incidence of social phobia is higher in women
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FALSE
Social phobia and OCD are the only two anxiety disorders with equal sex ratios. |
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The peak age of onset of OCD is in adolescence to early adulthood
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TRUE
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Symptoms of alcohol withdrawl syndrome include shaking and impaired consciousness
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FALSE
The shaking yes, the impaired consciousness would suggest an alcohol withdrawal delirium |
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Excessive alcohol use can cause a RBC microcytosis
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FALSE
macrocytosis |
