psych

Question 1

How to wean patient off benzos?

Answer 1

Switch to the equivalent diazepam dose then slowly withdraw over the next 2 months

Question 2

Patient is presenting with medically unexplained neurological symptoms that do not fit any clinical syndrome, and have arisen most likely in response to a traumatic experience?

Answer 2

Conversion disorder

Question 3

Repeated presentation with medically unexplained symptoms, and the associated distress and anxiety associated with these?

Answer 3

Somatisation disorder

Question 4

Haloperidol drug type?

Answer 4

Dopamine D2 receptor antagonist

Question 5

Which risk factor may pre-dispose this gentleman to Charles-Bonnet syndrome?

Answer 5

Visual impairment