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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Neurochemical abnormalities
 • Hyper-vigilance
 • Emotional hyper-arousal
 • Exaggerated startle reflex
 • Anxiety
StressDisorder #PTSD #BehavioralDisorder ... #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs #psychiatry
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... palpation - Vasculitic ... Temporal #Arteritis #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms ... #Vasculitis
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - For diagnosis, must have either 26
have either 26 symptoms ... 2 settings - Symptoms ... AttentionDeficitHyperactiveDisorder #ADHD #BehavioralDisorder ... #Pathophysiology ... #signs #psychiatry
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Serotonin #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
the pancreas, Vasculitis ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
Pathogenesis and Symptoms ... cause the Positive Symptoms ... Schizophrenia #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs #psychiatry
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
Clinical Findings Symptoms ... suicide Other Symptoms ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
 •
Psychological Symptoms ... PanicDisorder #Anxiety #BehavioralDisorder ... #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #signs #psychiatry
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis ... #HSP #IgA #Vasculitis ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms