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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 ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry ... #Delusions #Psychosis
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Myelodisplastic syndrome Psychiatric ... Disease: • Delusions
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
features) - Delusions ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
Myelodisplastic syndrome Psychiatric ... Disease: • Delusions
ASEPTIC Mnemonic for the Mental Status Examination (MSE)

A - Appearance: Hygiene, clothing, grooming, physical abnormalities
S -
Thoughts: Content (delusions ... Examination #MSE #Psychiatry
DSM-5 Criteria for Schizophrenia 

- Two or more of the following are present for a significant
Delusions 2. ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
Schizophrenia: • Delusions ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Hallucinations • Decr Delusions ... pharmacology #diagnosis #psychiatry
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
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specific themes, delusions ... anxiety about work, delusions ... MentalStatusExam #MSE #psychiatry
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
• Persons with psychiatric ... Psychiatric symptoms ... impairment • Delusions