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Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
and prominent cognitive ... • Fluctuating cognition ... • Systematized delusions
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
guilt - Poor cognition ... features) - Delusions
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
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Insight/judgement, Cognition ... specific themes, delusions ... anxiety about work, delusions ... hallucinations • Cognition
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Blurred Vision • Cognitive ... Hallucinations • Decr Delusions
ASEPTIC Mnemonic for the Mental Status Examination (MSE)

A - Appearance: Hygiene, clothing, grooming, physical abnormalities
S -
Thoughts: Content (delusions ... Judgement C - Cognition
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
cause apathy, delusions ... Apart from cognitive
Psychotic Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Mood disorder with psychotic features
 • Psychotic symptoms present exclusively during
illness > 6 months Delusional ... • Non-bizarre delusions ... Folie a Deux) • Delusions ... established similar delusion ... Algorithm #Psychiatry #Delusions
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Depression • Cognitive ... impairment • Delusions
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Schizoaffective disorder 
•	is Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia plus Manic or depressive symptoms. 
•	Key is the finding of
finding of psychosis/delusion ... occupational functioning Delusional ... finding of psychosis/delusion ... Schizoaffective #Delusional
MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment 

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia #Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment #MoCA #MSE #Evaluation #Score
MoCA: Montreal Cognitive ... Dementia #Montreal #Cognitive