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Schizophrenia: negative features
Mnemonic:
4 A's
A
mbivalence
A
ffective incongruence
A
ssociative loosening
A
utism
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Conduct disorder vs. Antisocial personality disorder
- Conduct disorder is seen in Children. Antisocial personality disorder is seen in Adults.
Depression
Understandable (such as bereavement, major stresses) Neurotic (high anxiety personalities, negative parental upbringing) Hypochondriasis Agitation (usually organic causes such as dementia) Pseudodementia Pain
Depression: symptoms and signs (DSM-IV criteria)
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
Erikson's developmental stages
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! "The sad tale of Erikson Motors"
Mania: cardinal symptoms
Distractibility Indiscretion (DSM-IV's "excessive involvement in pleasurable activities") Grandiosity Flight of ideas Activity increase Sleep deficit (decreased need for sleep)
Mania: diagnostic criteria
Mouth (pressure of speech)/ Moodl Activity increased Naughty (disinhibition) Insomnia Attention (distractability) Confidence (grandiose ideas)
Parasomnias: time of onset
- SLeep terrors and SLeepwalking occur during SLow-wave sleep (stages 3 & 4).NightmaRE occurs during REM sleep (and is REMembered).
Psychiatric review of symptoms
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, obsessive-compulsive disorder) Somatization disorder, eating disorders (these two disorders are combined because both involve disorders of bodily perception) Cognitive disorders (dementia, delirium)
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