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Depressed Moods - Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week period, depressed
Mood Disorders - Differential ... context of specific stressor ... #Depression #Depressive ... Bereavement #Adjustment #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Mood Disorders - Depressed or Elevated Moods - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week
Elevated Moods - Differential ... Algorithm Major Depressive ... context of specific stressor ... #Elevated #Differential ... Mania #Bipolar #Psychiatry
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
Major Depressive ... concentration - Depressed ... MajorDepressiveDisorder #Depression ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
the Elderly - Differential ... Neurological / Psychiatric ... Cognition • Depression ... • Weakness • Decreased ... Elderly #Geriatrics #Differential
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
maintain this state Depressive ... Minimum 2 weeks - depressed ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
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Appearance - Grooming, dress ... Patient's subjective impression ... affect) -> Ex. depressed ... Observer's objective impression ... MentalStatusExam #MSE #psychiatry
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Symptoms (included in the DSM-V) - Two Major Depressive episodes
DSM-V) - Two Major Depressive ... change from major depression ... seasonal psychosocial stressor ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Personality Disorders - Differential ... pattern leads to distress ... exaggerated emotional expression ... Personality #Disorders #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Medical Conditions Causing Mania or Mania-Like Episodes: Pathogenesis
 • Bipolar Disorder -> Combination of individual, genetic,
limbic circuitry -> Decreased ... SAM) pathway -> Decreased ... Secondary #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... - Respiratory depression ... intoxication include depressed ... • Pathophysiology ... edema #causes #differential