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Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Ataxia, slurred speech ... Benzodiazepines #Psychiatry
Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Cognitive-Perceptual
 • Magical thinking - Belief in paranormal or
Unusual thinking or speech ... - Speech and thought ... Unusual thinking or speech ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
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Appearance/behavior, Speech ... internal voices • Speech ... Characteristics of speech ... Pressured speech ... MentalStatusExam #MSE #psychiatry
Bipolar and Mania - Causes of Elevated Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar I
• Manic Episode
3) Pressure of speech ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
- pressured speech ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
schizophrenia) • Speech ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
DSM-5 Criteria for Schizophrenia 

- Two or more of the following are present for a significant
Disorganized speech ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry
Mood Disorders - Depressed or Elevated Moods - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week
3) Pressure of speech ... Mania #Bipolar #Psychiatry
Lithium Therapy for Bipolar Disorder 
Toxicity Levels: 
 - Mild (1-1.5 mEq/L) 
 - Moderate (1.6-2.5
tremor, slurred speech ... #Pharmacology #Psychiatry
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
non-Fluent - Sensory speech ... generation of speech ... talk but their speech ... non-sensical) speech ... Loss of sensory speech