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

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms ... Vomiting Serotonin Syndrome ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism ... Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism ... Benzodiazepines #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology # ... pathophysiology
Fecal Incontinence - Pathogenesis and Complications
Continence mechanisms are impaired
 • Local neuronal damage
 • External and
Complications Continence mechanisms ... impairment Continence mechanisms ... irritable bowel syndrome ... #Incontinence #geriatrics ... #pathophysiology
Second Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) - Examples: Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Zotepine, Paliperidone,
Antipsychotics: Mechanisms ... Cardio-metabolic effects - Mechanism ... SecondGeneration #Mechanisms ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Third Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) Example: Aripiprazole
Dopamine D2 Receptor Partial Agonist
 • Binds
Antipsychotics: Mechanisms ... ThirdGeneration #Mechanisms ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Buproprion (Wellbutrin): Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Adverse Effects: Headache, Dry Mouth, Weight loss, Insomnia, Constipation,
(Wellbutrin): Mechanisms ... #SideEffects #Pharmacology ... #Psychiatry
Pediatric Parasomnias and Nightmares: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Parasomnias - Micro-arousal episodes during SWS ->
Intense activation of
Pediatric Parasomnias ... Parasomnias #Nightmares #Pediatrics ... #Peds #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #pharmacology
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Prader-Willi Syndrome ... =>Prader-Willi Syndrome ... #PraderWilli #Syndrome ... #genetics #pathophysiology ... #peds #pediatrics