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diagnosis signs symptoms criteria personalitydisorder pharmacology sideeffects withdrawal anorexianervosa anticonvulsants benzodiazepine borderline bph bzd dpd endocrinology glftap hyperplasia macroadenoma majordepressivedisorder
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Behavioral Traits: • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
experienced BPD ... Mnemonic: AM SUICIDE ... impairment #BPD ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... Signs #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Allergic reaction -> Benign ... activity -> Dose-dependent ... Sedation, dose-dependent ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings • Difficulties with Activities - Initiation Of projects
Dependent Personality ... Mnemonic: RELIANCE ... #Dependent #PersonalityDisorder ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... Signs #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Major Depressive Disorder: Complications • Recurrent Depressive Episodes • Early parenthood • Social isolation and interpersonal
Depressive Disorder: Complications ... Substance abuse or dependence ... MajorDepressiveDisorder #Complications ... #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
almost always a benign ... A good mnemonic ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... endocrinology #mnemonic ... #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal: clinical findings and complications • Activation of ACC and OFC -> Feelings of
Benzodiazepine (BZD ... clinical findings and complications ... Asthma. or sense of being ... Activity -> Incr BP ... #pharmacology #pathophysiology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Hormonal alterations (result of aging process) ->
Benign Prostatic ... of ER and AR -dependent ... bladder stones #BPH ... #Benign #Prostatic ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES - Functional: Low BP, Sinus bradycardia, prolonged QT interval - Structural: Reduced
Functional: Low BP ... mortality rates of all psychiatric ... illnesses • Suicide ... #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #psychiatry
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Clinical Findings and Complications ... life-threatening (exceptions being ... symptoms varies depending ... Withdrawal #Opiate #Pathophysiology
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