Severe Mental Illness — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: Signs of illicit opioid dependence include _____ marks & skin infections

Answer: needle track

Flashcard 32: Smoking cessation can cause _____ as a side effect

Answer: weight gain

Flashcard 33: Methadone is a long-acting _____ μ-opioid agonist Buprenorphine is a long-acting partial μ-opioid agonist **to attenuate opioid withdrawal symptoms

Answer: full

Flashcard 34: Substance use disorder more commonly affects _____.

Answer: men

Extra: Historically, substance use disorders (SUD) were significantly more common in men. While the gender gap is narrowing in younger populations and for certain substances, men still generally show higher rates of use and dependence across most substance categories.

Flashcard 35: Spread drinks evenly over ≥ _____ days when drinking as much as 14 units/week

Answer: 3

Flashcard 36: What is the alcohol drinking advice for pregnancy? _____

Answer: Avoid drinking alcohol to minimise risks to baby

Flashcard 37: _____ are significantly more likely to develop alcohol use disorder

Answer: Men

Flashcard 38: Offer oral prophylactic _____ supplementation to prevent Wernicke's encephalopathy

Answer: thiamine

Flashcard 39: Which symptoms of alcohol withdrawal occur during the 12 - 24 hour time period? _____

Answer: Alcoholic hallucinosis (visual & auditory hallucinations)

Flashcard 40: What is the first-line management for alcohol withdrawal/delirium tremens? _____

Answer: Chlordiazepoxide