4 results
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Anticonvulsants ... thrombocytopenia #Anticonvulsants ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Causes of School Difficulties - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Social Skills Deficit and Atypical Behaviour
• Consider Autism Spectrum
Abuse • Trauma Psychiatric ... Defiant Disorder/ Conduct ... Difficulties • Check Criteria ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Conduct Disorder (CD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Must have >3 symptoms present in the past
Conduct Disorder ... >18 years old, criteria ... BehavioralDisorder #Pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry ... #criteria
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Must have >4 symptoms for >6 months,
to progress to conduct ... BehavioralDisorder #Pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry ... #criteria