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Pediatric Mood & Anxiety Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar
Mood
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Persistent Depressive Disorder
• Disruptive
- Differential ... * Anxiety • Panic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... Peds #Pediatrics #Psychiatry
Bipolar and Mania - Causes of Elevated Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar I
• Manic Episode
- Causes of Elevated ... Mood Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry ... #Causes
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Arrhythmias - Differential ... May present as: palpitations ... • Cocaine - Psychiatric ... : • Panic ... Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • METABOLIC DISORDER ... • HYPOXIA PSYCHIATRIC ... • ANXIETY DISORDER ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Causes of Dizziness ... Lightheadedness - Differential ... Problem • Drugs Psychiatric ... • Anxiety • Panic ... Disorder • Phobic
Medical Conditions Causing Mania or Mania-Like Episodes: Pathogenesis
 • Bipolar Disorder -> Combination of individual, genetic,
Conditions Causing Mania ... or Mania-Like Episodes ... Pathogenesis • Bipolar Disorder ... #Causes #Differential ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... - Neurologic/Psychiatric ... • Anxiety/Panic ... • Somatoform Disorder ... Noncardiac #Cardiology #Differential
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
relapse of bipolar disorder ... Systemic effect -> Nausea ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... • Bradycardia caused ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia Psychiatric ... : • Panic disorder ... #Cardiology #Differential
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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Panic Disorder: ... Disorder - Panic ... sweating, trembling, nausea ... chest pain, heart palpitations ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry