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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Dizziness - Nausea ... 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
Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Benzodiazepines #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology # ... pathophysiology
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Systemic effect -> Nausea ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Cognitive-Perceptual
 • Magical thinking - Belief in paranormal or
Personality Disorder (SPD ... familiarity SPD ... Mnemonic: ME PECULIAR ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... Signs #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
For pituitary masses ... A good mnemonic ... Headaches • Nausea ... endocrinology #mnemonic ... #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
is thought to cause ... is thought to cause ... Schizophrenia #pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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, tachycardia, nausea ... AlcoholUseDisorder #EtOH #Pathophysiology ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Medical Conditions Causing Mania or Mania-Like Episodes: Pathogenesis
 • Bipolar Disorder -> Combination of individual, genetic,
S-Adenosyl methionine (SAM ... Manic #Secondary #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
You
You can use the mnemonic ... , the symptoms caused ... MentalStatusExam #MSE #psychiatry ... diagnosis #evaluation #mnemonic