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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 ... , and/or limbs caused
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 ... , the symptoms caused
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
time, and can cause ... apathy, delusions ... and, in some cases ... Apart from cognitive
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Depression • Cognitive ... impairment • Delusions ... , or any other cause
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
Occult Causes of Non-Response to Vasopressors

vital disclaimer: the cognitive response to hypotension should not be reaching
Occult Causes of ... disclaimer: the cognitive ... of response -> cognitive ... toxicologic - 2nd cause ... #Differential #Causes
Cognitive bias cheat sheet - 
Because thinking is hard.

#Diagnosis #Metacognition #Cognitive #Biases #Types #Causes #Differential #MedEd
Cognitive bias cheat ... Metacognition #Cognitive ... Biases #Types #Causes
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
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
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... / Cognitive Impairment ... Amnestic Mild Cognitive ... Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive ... Dementia - Treatable Causes