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Parasomnias: time of onset SLeep terrors and SLeepwalking
Parasomnias: time of onset SLeep terrors and SLeepwalking occur during SLow-wave sleep (stages 3 & 4).
NightmaRE occurs during REM sleep (and is REMembered).
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---Anonymous Contributor Biological symptoms in psychiatry SCALED:
Sleep disturbance
Concentration
Appetite
Libido
Energy
Diurnal mood variation
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---Diablo Royal Free Hospital Medical School Depression: melancholic features (DSM IV) MELANcholic:
Morning worsening of symptoms/ psychoMotor agitation, retardation/ early Morning wakening
Excessive guilt
Loss of emotional reactivity
ANorexia/ ANhedonia
=2003')>
---Anthony Chan Psychiatric review of symptoms "Depressed Patients Seem Anxious, So Claim Psychiatrists":
Depression and other mood disorders (major depression, bipolar disorder, dysthymia)
Personality disorders (primarily borderline personality disorder)
Substance abuse disorders
Anxiety disorders (panic disorder with agoraphobia, obssessive-compulsive disorder)
Somatization disorder, eating disorders (these two disorders are combined because both involve disorders of bodily perception)
Cognitive disorders (dementia, delirium)
Psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, delusional disorder and psychosis accompanying depression, substance abuse or dementia)
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---Michael Waddell University of Wisconsin Medical School Depression: symptoms and signs (DSM-IV criteria) AWESOME:
Affect flat
Weight change (loss or gain)
Energy, loss of
Sad feelings/ Suicide thoughts or plans or attempts/ Sexual inhibition/ Sleep change (loss or excess)/ Social withdrawal
Others (guilt, loss of pleasure, hopeless)
Memory loss
Emotional blunting
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---Muhammad Firdaus, MD Private Practice Erikson's developmental stages "The sad tale of Erikson Motors":
? The stages in order by age group:
Mr. Trust and MsTrust had an auto they were ashamed of. She took the initiative to find the guilty party. She found the industry was inferior. They were making cars with dents [identity] and rolling fuses [role confusion]. Mr. N.T. Macy [intimacy] isolated the problem, General TVT absorbed the cost. In the end, they found the tires were just gritty and the should have used de- spare! Schizophrenia: negative features 4 A's:
Ambivalence
Affective incongruence
Associative loosening
Autism Depression criteria/symptoms A SAD FACES:
Appetite, weight changes
Sleep changes
Anhedonia
Dysphoria (low mood)
Fatigue
Agitation (psychomotor)
Concentration
Esteem
Suicide
---The Fifth Year Kids at Wgtn School of Medicine Wgtn School of Med, Univ. of Otago Mania: cardinal symptoms DIG FAST:
Distractibility
Indiscretion (DSM-IV's "excessive involvement in pleasurable activities")
Grandiosity
Flight of ideas
Activity increase
Sleep deficit (decreased need for sleep)
Talkativeness (pressured speech) ---Anonymous Contributor Dementia: main causes VITAMIN D VEST:
Vitamin deficiency (B12, folate, thiamine)
Intracranial tumour
Trauma (head injury)
Anoxia
Metabolic (diabetes)
Infection (postencephalitis, HIV)
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Degenerative (Alzheimer's, Huntington's, CJD, etc)
Vascular (multi infarct dementia)
Endocrine (hypothyroid)
Space occupying lesion (chronic subdural haematoma)
Toxic (alcohol) Substance dependence: features (DSM IV) "WITHDraw IT":
? 3 of 7 within 12 month period:
Withdrawal
Interest or Important activities given up or reduced
Tolerance
Harm to physical and psychosocial known but continue to use
Desire to cut down, control
Intended time, amount exceeded
Time spent too much ---Anthony Chan Depression UNHAPPINESS:
Understandable (such as bereavement, major stresses)
Neurotic (high anxiety personalities, negative parental upbringing
Hypochondriasis
Agitation (usually organic causes such as dementia
Pseudodementia
Pain
Importuniing (whingeing, complaining)
Nihilistic
Endogenous
Secondary (ie cancer at the head of the pancreas, bronchogenic cancer)
Syndromal ---Peter Loa Medical Student at Adelaide University Conduct disorder vs. Antisocial personality disorder Conduct disorder is seen in Children.
Antisocial personality disorder is seen in Adults. ---Anonymous Contributor Depression: major depression criteria DEAD SWAMP:
Depressed mood most of the day
Energy loss or fatigue
Anhedonia
Death thoughts (recurrent), suicidal ideation or attempts
Sleep disturbances (insomnia, hypersomnia)
Worthlessness or excessive guilt
Appetite or weight change
Mentation decreased (ability to think or concentrate, indecisiveness)
Psychomotor agitation or retardation
NightmaRE occurs during REM sleep (and is REMembered).
=1071')>
---Anonymous Contributor Biological symptoms in psychiatry SCALED:
Sleep disturbance
Concentration
Appetite
Libido
Energy
Diurnal mood variation
=1326')>
---Diablo Royal Free Hospital Medical School Depression: melancholic features (DSM IV) MELANcholic:
Morning worsening of symptoms/ psychoMotor agitation, retardation/ early Morning wakening
Excessive guilt
Loss of emotional reactivity
ANorexia/ ANhedonia
=2003')>
---Anthony Chan Psychiatric review of symptoms "Depressed Patients Seem Anxious, So Claim Psychiatrists":
Depression and other mood disorders (major depression, bipolar disorder, dysthymia)
Personality disorders (primarily borderline personality disorder)
Substance abuse disorders
Anxiety disorders (panic disorder with agoraphobia, obssessive-compulsive disorder)
Somatization disorder, eating disorders (these two disorders are combined because both involve disorders of bodily perception)
Cognitive disorders (dementia, delirium)
Psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, delusional disorder and psychosis accompanying depression, substance abuse or dementia)
=1839')>
---Michael Waddell University of Wisconsin Medical School Depression: symptoms and signs (DSM-IV criteria) AWESOME:
Affect flat
Weight change (loss or gain)
Energy, loss of
Sad feelings/ Suicide thoughts or plans or attempts/ Sexual inhibition/ Sleep change (loss or excess)/ Social withdrawal
Others (guilt, loss of pleasure, hopeless)
Memory loss
Emotional blunting
=1136')>
---Muhammad Firdaus, MD Private Practice Erikson's developmental stages "The sad tale of Erikson Motors":
? The stages in order by age group:
Mr. Trust and MsTrust had an auto they were ashamed of. She took the initiative to find the guilty party. She found the industry was inferior. They were making cars with dents [identity] and rolling fuses [role confusion]. Mr. N.T. Macy [intimacy] isolated the problem, General TVT absorbed the cost. In the end, they found the tires were just gritty and the should have used de- spare! Schizophrenia: negative features 4 A's:
Ambivalence
Affective incongruence
Associative loosening
Autism Depression criteria/symptoms A SAD FACES:
Appetite, weight changes
Sleep changes
Anhedonia
Dysphoria (low mood)
Fatigue
Agitation (psychomotor)
Concentration
Esteem
Suicide
---The Fifth Year Kids at Wgtn School of Medicine Wgtn School of Med, Univ. of Otago Mania: cardinal symptoms DIG FAST:
Distractibility
Indiscretion (DSM-IV's "excessive involvement in pleasurable activities")
Grandiosity
Flight of ideas
Activity increase
Sleep deficit (decreased need for sleep)
Talkativeness (pressured speech) ---Anonymous Contributor Dementia: main causes VITAMIN D VEST:
Vitamin deficiency (B12, folate, thiamine)
Intracranial tumour
Trauma (head injury)
Anoxia
Metabolic (diabetes)
Infection (postencephalitis, HIV)
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Degenerative (Alzheimer's, Huntington's, CJD, etc)
Vascular (multi infarct dementia)
Endocrine (hypothyroid)
Space occupying lesion (chronic subdural haematoma)
Toxic (alcohol) Substance dependence: features (DSM IV) "WITHDraw IT":
? 3 of 7 within 12 month period:
Withdrawal
Interest or Important activities given up or reduced
Tolerance
Harm to physical and psychosocial known but continue to use
Desire to cut down, control
Intended time, amount exceeded
Time spent too much ---Anthony Chan Depression UNHAPPINESS:
Understandable (such as bereavement, major stresses)
Neurotic (high anxiety personalities, negative parental upbringing
Hypochondriasis
Agitation (usually organic causes such as dementia
Pseudodementia
Pain
Importuniing (whingeing, complaining)
Nihilistic
Endogenous
Secondary (ie cancer at the head of the pancreas, bronchogenic cancer)
Syndromal ---Peter Loa Medical Student at Adelaide University Conduct disorder vs. Antisocial personality disorder Conduct disorder is seen in Children.
Antisocial personality disorder is seen in Adults. ---Anonymous Contributor Depression: major depression criteria DEAD SWAMP:
Depressed mood most of the day
Energy loss or fatigue
Anhedonia
Death thoughts (recurrent), suicidal ideation or attempts
Sleep disturbances (insomnia, hypersomnia)
Worthlessness or excessive guilt
Appetite or weight change
Mentation decreased (ability to think or concentrate, indecisiveness)
Psychomotor agitation or retardation
