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Waxy Flexibility in Catatonia

Catatonia is a psychomotor condition characterized by the total loss of motor initiative,
Flexibility in Catatonia ... Catatonia is ... In catatonia the ... symptoms are nonspecific ... #physicalexam #psychiatry
Catalepsy on Neurological Examination

Catalepsy (patient adopts positions that they are put in by the examiner): Waxy
Catalepsy on Neurological ... Examination Catalepsy ... seen with Organic catatonia ... #Catatonia #clinical ... physicalexam #neurology #psychiatry
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
Pathogenesis and Symptoms ... cause the Positive Symptoms ... behavior including catatonia ... cause Negative Symptoms ... #signs #psychiatry
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
life • M=F Symptoms ... panic attack-type symptoms ... or hypotension, hyperthermia ... Less common symptoms ... leukocytosis, psychiatric
DSM-5 Criteria for Schizophrenia 

- Two or more of the following are present for a significant
Disorganized or Catatonic ... Negative Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications
CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES
 - Functional: Low BP, Sinus bradycardia, prolonged QT interval
 - Structural: Reduced
and muscle - Hypothermia ... mortality rates of all psychiatric ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #psychiatry