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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
#Pharmacology #SideEffects ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
#Pharmacology #SideEffects ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Extrapyramidal Symptoms ... • Akathisia - Feeling ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... pharmacology #diagnosis #psychiatry
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
Fracture Healing ... (and disruptors ... ) • Fracture disrupts ... #Stages #Orthopedics ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #disruptors
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
• Avulsion or shearing ... lateral hip Signs/Symptoms ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
severe dissociative symptoms ... stressed - Empty feeling ... the above with symptoms ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... Criteria #Signs #Symptoms
Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Work & lnterpersonal:
 • Home Life Troubles - Conflict
other children, stealing ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... Criteria #Signs #Symptoms
Anorexia Nervosa: Pathogenesis and Risk Factors
Biological Risk Factors
 • Gender: F > M
 • Genetics: concordance
Neurobiology: disruptions ... female body as having ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #psychiatry #RiskFactors
Bulimia Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms
Associated Psychological / Behavioural Features
 • Feelings of shame, guilt and embarrassment
Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms ... Secrecy surrounding eating ... vomiting Other • Symptoms ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #psychiatry
Anorexia Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms
Binge/Purge Subtype - Recurrent (once per week) episodes of binge-eating or purging,
Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms ... episodes of binge-eating ... without binge eating ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #psychiatry