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Psychotic Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Mood disorder with psychotic features
 • Psychotic symptoms present exclusively during
- Differential Diagnosis ... illness > 6 months Delusional ... • Non-bizarre delusions ... Folie a Deux) • Delusions ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Schizoaffective disorder 
•	is Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia plus Manic or depressive symptoms. 
•	Key is the finding of
weeks needed for diagnosis ... symptoms needed for diagnosis ... finding of psychosis/delusion ... finding of psychosis/delusion ... Schizoaffective #Delusional
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Factitious disorder • Delusions ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Generalized Differential Diagnosis ... Psychiatric Disease: • Delusions ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
a hierarchy of diagnostic ... (required for diagnosis ... • Systematized delusions ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Neuropsychiatric: delusions ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
features) - Delusions ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
    •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Psychosis/Delusions ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Psychiatric Disease: • Delusions ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
Schizophrenia: • Delusions ... pathophysiology #diagnosis