Alcohol Use Disorder Ethyl alcohol stimulates GABA-A receptors. Initially, it can lead to relaxation by suppressing anxiety. In the later pe...

General Information • Defense mechanisms are a set of cognitive processes that the ego (ego) uses to protect itself from anxiety caused by u...

0 DSM diagnostic guide is used in order to save psychiatric diagnosis and classification from subjectivity and to create a common scientific...

Clinical features of amnestic syndromes Syndrome Clinical Features Wernicke-Korsakoff ...

0 Pervasive developmental disorders are grouped under the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in DSM S.  Disorders covered by this diagnos...

It is common in girls. Acquired microcephaly, purposeful hand use disorder and stereotyped behaviors are present. The most important feature...

Baby Sadness It is also called the postpartum blues or motherhood blues. It is the most common postpartum mental disorder (30-75%) Crying, r...

0 Grief describes the emotional, cognitive, behavioral and bodily responses to the loss of a loved object. 0 Loss (bereavement) means separa...

Basic beliefs and leading behaviors accompanying personality disorders Personality disorder basic belief ...

0 The basic feature is that the person cannot stop the urge to do an action that may be harmful to himself or others. 0 The person may feel ...

Anorexia Nervosa • It is usually seen in girls during puberty. • The main feature is to feel fat and to lose weight by dieting. • Body mass ...

Wernicke's Encephalopathy:  It is a picture of alcohol-induced encephalopathy.  The reason is thiamine deficiency. It is acutely devel...

Organic and Eating Disorders Organic Disorders  Dementia  Delirium  Delirium tremens  Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome Dementia • The functio...