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Medical Conditions Causing Mania or Mania-Like Episodes: Pathogenesis
 • Bipolar Disorder -> Combination of individual, genetic,
Altered Thyroid Activity ... Decreased thyroid activity ... central serotonin activity ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry
Bipolar and Mania - Causes of Elevated Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar I
• Manic Episode
- Differential Diagnosis ... goal directed activity ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Avoidant Personality Disorder (AVPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Restraint - Shows excessive restraint in intimate
any occupational activity ... engage in any new activity ... Embarrassment prevents new activity ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry #Criteria
Mood Disorders - Depressed or Elevated Moods - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week
- Differential Diagnosis ... goal directed activity ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Mania #Bipolar #Psychiatry
Differential Considerations for a Seizure or Seizure-like Event
The following diagnoses may have presentations that can be
The following diagnoses ... differentiate from seizure activity ... infections - Tetanus PSYCHIATRIC ... #Differential #diagnosis
STRESS RESPONSE CONTINUUM
READY: 
 • Sense of mission, Spiritually and emotionally well, Physically healthy, Emotionally available,
Emotional numbness, Activity ... RESPONSE #CONTINUUM #diagnosis ... #ems #psychiatry
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
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- Psychomotor activity ... MentalStatusExam #MSE #psychiatry ... #diagnosis #evaluation
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Decr spinal cord activity ... amygdala-centered circuit activity ... cerebral cortex activity ... Benzodiazepines #Psychiatry
Trauma & Stressor Related Psychiatric Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 - Adjustment Disorder - Development of
Stressor Related Psychiatric ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Figure 2: Sex differences in the lifetime incidence of psychiatric disorders vary from higher incidence in
lifetime incidence of psychiatric ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Psychiatric #Disorders