PSYCH 2AP3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 88 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Mania: a distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood, lasting at least 1 week, three or more symptoms are present to a significant degree. Increased self-esteem or grandiosity: decreased need for sleep, more talkative than usual/pressure to keep talking, flight of ideas/subjective experience of racing thoughts, distractibility. Increased goal-directed activity: excessive involvement in pleasurable activities with high potential for painful results, pharmacological treatment, first line, olanzapine, quetiapine, aripiprazole, lithium, valporate, second line, carbamazepine, treatment plan, not already on medication. Initial oral antipsychotic/valproate: less severe mania lithium/carbamazepine, oral benzodiazepine, discontinuation of antidepressants. Increase anti-manic agent: add different class, poor adherence, address side effects, treatment-resistant, ect, combination therapy, antipsychotic + lithium/valproate. Insomnia: not enough sleep or poor quality sleep, hypersomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, parasomnia, unusual happenings in the night, circadian rhythm, restless leg syndrome. Psychology: executive function (cid:858)top-do(cid:449)n(cid:859) (cid:272)ontrol of (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, planning, flexible strategy.
