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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Akathisia • SSRI Withdrawal ... Serotonin #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
decr intake -> Withdrawal ... activity -> Dose-dependent ... Sedation, dose-dependent ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Side Effects Withdrawal ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal: clinical findings and complications

 • Activation of ACC and OFC -> Feelings of
) withdrawal: clinical ... findings and complications ... #withdrawal #pharmacology ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs
Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Difficulties with Activities - Initiation Of projects
Dependent Personality ... Disorder (DPD): ... #Dependent #PersonalityDisorder ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Criteria #Signs
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... Clinical Findings and Complications ... symptoms varies depending ... #Opiate #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Arrogant, Haughty Behaviors or Attitude - Often display
intolerable, causing a withdrawal ... problems of others NPD ... Lacks empathy #NPD ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Criteria #Signs
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications
CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES
 - Functional: Low BP, Sinus bradycardia, prolonged QT interval
 - Structural: Reduced
Functional: Low BP ... mortality rates of all psychiatric ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #psychiatry