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Antidepressant Medications Decision Aid
 - The choice of depression medications in primary care is difficult as
The choice of depression ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #PrimaryCare #Psychiatry ... Antidepressants #Comparison #SideEffects
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Medications - Comparison Table ... Antipsychotics #SideEffects ... #Adverse #Psychiatry ... Profiles #Comparison #Table
Profiles of Antidiabetic Medications - AACE 2018 

#Antidiabetic #Medications #Profiles #SideEffects #Table #DecisionAid #Orals #DM2 #Diabetes
Medications #Profiles #SideEffects ... #Table #DecisionAid ... #Pharmacology #Management
Drugs for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
 • Citalopram, Escitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, Sertraline,
Drugs for Depression ... • Anxiety and depression ... • Anxiety and depression ... #Medications #Table ... #Pharmacology #Management
SSRI Initiation
How long before increasing dose?
 • 4 wks. Initial response in 2-4 wks, max response
Depression: 50% ... SSRI #Initiation #depression ... #psychiatry #treatment ... #management
Side Effects of Atypical and Typical Antipsychotics - Comparison Table
Atypical antipsychotics: Risperidone, Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Amisulpride, Ziprasidone
Antipsychotics - Comparison Table ... Antipsychotics #SideEffects ... Profiles #Comparison #Table ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
arterioles -> less able ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... pharmacology #diagnosis #psychiatry
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
irritability, depression ... Guideline for the Management ... summarised in Tables ... and 5.4 #EBM #Management ... Effectiveness #Table
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
Anxiety, PTSD, Depression ... illness - Prior psychiatric ... PICS #diagnosis #management
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
The pattern is stable ... exaggerated emotional expression ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry