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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Neurochemical abnormalities
 • Hyper-vigilance
 • Emotional hyper-arousal
 • Exaggerated startle reflex
 • Anxiety
StressDisorder #PTSD #BehavioralDisorder ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ... Dizziness - Nausea ... SSRIs #Serotonin #Inhibitors ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Causes of Urinary ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Psychological/psychiatric ... Contraction - Signs ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - For diagnosis, must have either 26
findings - For diagnosis ... their turn • Causes ... AttentionDeficitHyperactiveDisorder #ADHD #BehavioralDisorder ... #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry #criteria
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
is thought to cause ... is thought to cause ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry #positive
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
 •
, tachycardia, nausea ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
 •
sweating, trembling, nausea ... PanicDisorder #Anxiety #BehavioralDisorder ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... m/s • Other signs ... Diagnostic criteria ... Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors ... - Mechanism: causes
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... of UMN and LMN signs ... Escorial criteria uses ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... Riluzole - An inhibitor