Severe Mental Illness — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: What form of self harm is the most common? _____

Answer: Cutting of the wrist, forearm, & thighs

Flashcard 62: Risk factors for suicide are remembered with the mnemonic \"_____\"

Answer: SAD PERSONS

Extra: The SAD PERSONS scale is a clinical assessment tool used to determine the risk of suicide. While its predictive validity is debated in modern psychiatry (often favoring modern tools like the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale), it remains a high-yield mnemonic for exams like NEET PG, INI-CET, and USMLE.

Flashcard 63: The common causes of delirium can be remembered by the PINCH ME mneumonic: _____ Infection Nutrition Constipation Hydration Medication Environment

Answer: Pain

Flashcard 64: The main difference between dementia and mild cognitive impairment is _____

Answer: functional impairment

Flashcard 65: _____ dementia has a step-wise progression where the cognitive impairment will remain the same for months and then suddenly drop again as infarctions occur

Answer: Vascular

Flashcard 66: Lewy body dementia is characterized initially by dementia with _____ cognition / alertness, a(n) REM sleep behavior disorder, visual hallucinations, followed by parkinsonian features

Answer: fluctuating

Flashcard 67: _____ dementia is a result of multiple arterial infarcts and/or chronic ischemia (e.g. hypertension, atherosclerosis, vasculitis)

Answer: Vascular

Flashcard 68: What is the 2nd most common type of dementia? _____

Answer: Vascular

Flashcard 69: A hypertensive patient presents with sudden cognitive decline, then remains stable for 8 months and experiences another sudden drop in decline. What should you suspect? _____

Answer: Vascular dementia

Flashcard 70: How does lewy body dementia & parkinson's dementia differ? _____

Answer: Lewybody dementia: Dementia < 1 year before parkinsonian features Parkinson's: Parkinsonism > 1 year before dementia