9 results
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Neurochemical abnormalities
 • Hyper-vigilance
 • Emotional hyper-arousal
 • Exaggerated startle reflex
 • Anxiety
StressDisorder #PTSD #BehavioralDisorder ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA ... PanicDisorder #Anxiety #BehavioralDisorder ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - For diagnosis, must have either 26
AttentionDeficitHyperactiveDisorder #ADHD #BehavioralDisorder ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry #criteria
Bulimia Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms
Associated Psychological / Behavioural Features
 • Feelings of shame, guilt and embarrassment
Bulimia Nervosa: Signs ... constipation, amenorrhea ... weight Russell's Sign ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #psychiatry
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) - Pathophysiology 
Excessive fear of one or more social situations
 • Safety
Nervous System & HPA ... SocialAnxiety #BehavioralDisorder ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications
CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES
 - Functional: Low BP, Sinus bradycardia, prolonged QT interval
 - Structural: Reduced
puberty/menarche - Amenorrhea ... mortality rates of all psychiatric ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #psychiatry
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Must have >4 symptoms for >6 months,
OppositionalDefiant #ODD #BehavioralDisorder ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry #criteria
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
fertility problems -> Amenorrhea ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #psychiatry
Conduct Disorder (CD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Must have >3 symptoms present in the past
#Conduct #CD #BehavioralDisorder ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry #criteria