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Trauma & Stressor Related Psychiatric Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 - Adjustment Disorder - Development of
Trauma & Stressor ... Related Psychiatric ... Disorders - Differential ... Anxiety #PTSD #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Neurochemical abnormalities
 • Hyper-vigilance
 • Emotional hyper-arousal
 • Exaggerated startle reflex
 • Anxiety
Post-Traumatic Stress ... BehavioralDisorder #Pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Incontinence - Differential ... Psychological/psychiatric ... impaction - Stress ... Precipitated by stress ... #Incontinence #Differential
Depressed Moods - Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week period, depressed
Mood Disorders - Differential ... context of specific stressor ... Bereavement #Adjustment #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Pathogenesis of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders: A maladaptive emotional state causing fear,
worry, and excessive stress, characterized by:
and excessive stress ... Anxiety #Disorders #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
Somatoform Disorders - Differential ... exhibit significant distress ... Conversion #Disorders #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... Complement: Post-strep ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis #differential
Mood Disorders - Depressed or Elevated Moods - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week
Elevated Moods - Differential ... context of specific stressor ... Depressed #Elevated #Differential ... Mania #Bipolar #Psychiatry
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Personality Disorders - Differential ... pattern leads to distress ... Personality #Disorders #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Pulmonary Edema - Differential ... Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... Acute respiratory distress ... #edema #NCPE #differential