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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Anticonvulsants ... thrombocytopenia #Anticonvulsants ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Serotonin #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry
Antidepressant Medications Decision Aid
 - The choice of depression medications in primary care is difficult as
#Management #PatientInfo ... #PrimaryCare #Psychiatry ... Antidepressants #Comparison #SideEffects ... SNRIs #Selection #Pharmacology
Sedative-Hypnotic Visual Decision Aid

What would happen if 100 people over 60 years of age take sleeping
Decision Aid What would ... #Management #Sedatives ... #DecisionAid #Pharmacology ... #Benefits #SideEffects
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... • Persons with psychiatric ... Psychiatric symptoms ... hairs • Poor wound ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome - Treatment
Acute Treatment:
 • Abortive Therapy: Sumatriptan (5-HT / serotonin agonist), Aprepitant (neurokinin
Treatment: • Non-Pharmacologic ... psychology and/or psychiatry ... amitriptyline), Anticonvulsants ... Syndrome #Treatment #Management