Psychiatry mnemonics

[DrIng]

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Pre- exams... Anyone know any good psychiatry useful mnemonics. Any help appreciated!

 

[josehernandez94]

Pre- exams... Anyone know any good psychiatry useful mnemonics. Any help appreciated!

Mania:
DIGFASTR
Distractibility
Irritability/impulsivity
Grandiosity
Flight of ideas
Agitation
Sleep (decreased need)
Talkativeness
Recklessness

Depression:
SIGECAPS
Sleep troubles
Irritability
Guilt
Energy (decreased)
Concentration difficulties
Appetite changes
Psychomotor slowing
Suicidality

Antisocial personality d/o:
CORRUPT
Cannot obey law
Obligations ignored
Reckless
Remorseless
Underhanded
Planning problem
Temper outburst

Borderline personality d/o:
PRAISE
Paranoid ideas
Relationship instability
Anger outbursts, affective instability, abandonment (fear of)
Identity instability/impulsivity
Suicidal ideation
Emptiness

That's all I can think of.

 

[musm2008]

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