03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Sleep Disorders Overview December 10, 2021 By Primary Insomnia: Patient cannot fall asleep or stay asleep. Primary Hypersomnia: Patient has excessive sleep without any medical c...Continue reading
03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Pyschotic Disorders Overview — Disorders of thought Process and Content December 10, 2021 By I. Schizophrenia: Two or more of: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative...Continue reading
03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Personality Disorders Overview December 10, 2021 By General Characteristics of Personality Disorders: -the patient’s way of interacting with environment, people and with themselves is pr...Continue reading
03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Mood vs Affect December 10, 2021 By Mood — a sustained emotional attitude. The patient will usually tell you what their mood is. examples: neutral, euphoric, depressed, a...Continue reading
03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Introduction to Psychotherapy December 10, 2021 By In psychotherapy, the psychotherapist attempts to increase the insight and the range of behavioral responses to increase functional abi...Continue reading
03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Antidepressant Drug Therapy and Medications December 10, 2021 By When to use them? Antidepressants are used to treat disorders of mood (Unipolar and Bipolar depression, organic mood disorders, schizo...Continue reading
03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Affective Disorder Overview December 10, 2021 By I. Major Depressive Disorder: Single episode meeting criteria for Major Depression or Recurrent Episodes. Time Course: must be two mon...Continue reading
03 Nov Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry Amnestic Disroders December 10, 2021 By Abnormal Grief: Normal grief vs. Abnormal grief (depression) -Abnormal grief does not resovle within 1 year and patient does ...Continue reading