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Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Cognitive-Perceptual
 • Magical thinking - Belief in paranormal or
Mnemonic: ME PECULIAR ... reference - Anxiety ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Criteria #Signs ... #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Avoidant Personality Disorder (AVPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Restraint - Shows excessive restraint in intimate
Avoidant Personality ... Mnemonic: CRINGES ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Criteria #Signs ... #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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sweating, trembling, nausea ... Experiential Avoidance ... • Avoidance of ... medication, locating ... #signs #psychiatry
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) - Pathophysiology 
Excessive fear of one or more social situations
 • Safety
Social Anxiety Disorder ... Behaviors and Avoidance ... Panic Attacks, avoidance ... flashes, headaches, nausea ... #signs #psychiatry
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
You
Ex. agitated, avoiding ... ideation -> Ex. anxiety ... of illness, the symptoms ... caused by it, and ... MentalStatusExam #MSE #psychiatry
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
PALPITATIONS: Medications ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia Psychiatric ... Panic disorder/Anxiety ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
ingestion and most cases ... Mental Status - Anxiety ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Miserly - Lack of generosity when it
themselves; hoard in case ... value OCPD Mnemonic ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Criteria #Signs ... #Symptoms #Mnemonic