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Fifth stage
Psychiatry
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4/1/2016
Important topics in psychiatry lectures
Psychosis:
Differential diagnosis.
The most important psychopathological phenomena (page3).
Page5.
Positive vs negative symptoms.
Dopamine hypothesis.
Neuroleptic side effects.
Atypical antipsychotic side effects.
Psychotropic drugs:
Indications of antidepressant.
Classification (page2).
Lithium.
Indications of antipsychotics.
Important side effects (page11).
Therapeutic uses (page12).
Side effects of benzodiazepins.
Mood disorders:
Classification.
Features if major depression.
Treatment.
Psychiatric disorders specific to women:
Table (page3).
Etiology and management of postnatal depression.
Symptoms and management of acute confusional state.

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Child psychiatry:
Classification of psychiatric disorder.
Epidemiology.
Child psychiatry (2):
Separation anxiety disorders.
School refusal.
School refusal vs. Truancy (page2).
AUTISM.
PTSD.
Mental retardation:
Physical disorders among the mentally retarded.
The effort of mental retardation on the family.
Assessment of a case of mentally retarded.
Management of mental retardation.