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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
relapse of bipolar disorder ... Systemic effect -> Nausea ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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Alcohol Use Disorder ... , tachycardia, nausea ... AlcoholUseDisorder #EtOH #Pathophysiology ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Medical Conditions Causing Mania or Mania-Like Episodes: Pathogenesis
 • Bipolar Disorder -> Combination of individual, genetic,
Pathogenesis • Bipolar Disorder ... Manic #Secondary #Causes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - For diagnosis, must have either 26
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder ... their turn • Causes ... BehavioralDisorder #Pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
Anorexia Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms
Binge/Purge Subtype - Recurrent (once per week) episodes of binge-eating or purging,
substance use disorders ... obsessive compulsive disorder ... irritability #AnorexiaNervosa ... #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #psychiatry
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Correlating the Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
Note: Some charts show different relative levels of
, progesterone causes ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology ... #comparison #endocrinology
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
 •
Panic Disorder: ... heritability >> Panic Disorder ... sweating, trembling, nausea ... BehavioralDisorder #Pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
Acquired Disorders of Reduced Bone Strength: Pathogenesis
 • Hyperparathyroidism
 • Vitamin D deficiency
 • Malabsorption syndromes
Acquired Disorders ... Diabetes • Other causes ... Sedondary #Acquired #Disorders ... #BoneStrength #pathophysiology ... #differential #
Anorexia Nervosa: Pathogenesis and Risk Factors
Biological Risk Factors
 • Gender: F > M
 • Genetics: concordance
childhood anxiety disorders ... athletics) #AnorexiaNervosa ... #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #psychiatry
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) - Pathophysiology 
Excessive fear of one or more social situations
 • Safety
Social Anxiety Disorder ... (SAD) - Pathophysiology ... flashes, headaches, nausea ... BehavioralDisorder #SAD #Pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry