Clinical Magazine » Psychiatry http://clinicalmagazine.com Clinical medicine Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:18:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Psychiatric interview video lectures http://clinicalmagazine.com/psychiatric-interview-video-lectures/ http://clinicalmagazine.com/psychiatric-interview-video-lectures/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:54:03 +0000 admin http://clinicalmagazine.com/?p=90 These set of video lectures are a useful review for the  USMLE psychiatry test.  They explore the basics of a mental status examination when interviewing  psychiatric patients.

Lecture outline:

  • Mental status exam:
  • General description
  • Appearance, attitude rapport.
  • Behaviour /Activity
  • Akathesia: inability to sit still, restlessness (side effects of neuroleptic drugs)
  • Speech
  • Differences between:hallucination and illusion.
  • Types of hallucinations: auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory.
  • Content of thought
  • Minimental status exam: alertness, level of consciousness, orientation to time, person, place.
  • Features of dementia.
  • Concentration and attention.
  • Sensorium and cognition.

]]> http://clinicalmagazine.com/psychiatric-interview-video-lectures/feed/ 1 Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: PowerPoint http://clinicalmagazine.com/neuropsychiatric-systemic-lupus-erythematosus-powerpoint/ http://clinicalmagazine.com/neuropsychiatric-systemic-lupus-erythematosus-powerpoint/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:10:51 +0000 admin http://clinicalmagazine.com/?p=94 This presentation explores the most relevant features of Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus:

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PowerPoint outline:

  • CNS Lupus
  • NPSLE based on the revised ACR criteria
  • NPSLE specific antibodies
  • Imaging: MRI
  • Therapeutic approach in CNS lupus – mild disease
  • Therapeutic approach in CNS Lupus – severe CNS disease: diffuse/nonthrombotic disease
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