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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Withdrawal seizure, relapse ... of bipolar disorder ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry
Trauma & Stressor Related Psychiatric Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 - Adjustment Disorder - Development of
Stressor Related Psychiatric ... Disorders - Differential ... - Adjustment Disorder ... - Acute Stress Disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Pediatric Mood & Anxiety Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar
Mood
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Persistent Depressive Disorder
• Disruptive
Mood & Anxiety Disorders ... Major Depressive Disorder ... Dysregulation Disorder ... Anxiety • Panic Disorder ... Peds #Pediatrics #Psychiatry
Figure 2: Sex differences in the lifetime incidence of psychiatric disorders vary from higher incidence in
lifetime incidence of psychiatric ... disorders vary ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Psychiatric #Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Non-Specific Obsessions and/or Compulsions
 - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder -
Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders ... Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ... Body Dysmorphic Disorder ... - Excoriation Disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Psychotic Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Mood disorder with psychotic features
 • Psychotic symptoms present exclusively during
Psychotic Disorders ... Algorithm Mood disorder ... Schizoaffective disorder ... Brief psychotic disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Personality Disorders by Clusters

#Diagnosis #Psychiatry #Personality #Disorders #Clusters #ClusterA #ClusterB #ClusterC
Personality Disorders ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Personality #Disorders
Depressed Moods - Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week period, depressed
Depressed Moods - Mood Disorders ... Major Depressive Disorder ... Persistent Depressive Disorder ... years Adjustment Disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1st Line Strategy - GC 0.7 mg/kg/day, except for:
 • Aortitis
necrosis, stroke) Relapses ... • 1st relapse: Incr ... mg/jd • 2nd relapse ... vice-versa • >2 relapses ... Treatment #Management #Relapses
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
Somatoform Disorders ... • Factitious Disorder ... Illness Anxiety Disorder ... Body Dysmorphic Disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry