Tics

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Tics

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   Tics are hyperkinetic movements that are repetitive, rapid, nonrhythmic, and may include vocalizations….

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Extrapyramidal Symptoms I (Parkinsonism)

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Extrapyramidal Symptoms I (Parkinsonism)

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   Parkinsonism refers to a constellation of symptoms seen in Parkinson disease. Both idiopathic…

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Hepatitis

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Hepatitis

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver and detected usually by abnormal labs. Though…

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Altered Mental Status

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Altered Mental Status

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   An acute confusional state or delirium is characterized by a disturbance in attention…

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Pancytopenia

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Pancytopenia

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   It is defined as a decrease in all blood cell lines resulting in…

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Leukocytosis

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Leukocytosis

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   Leukocytosis can be due to increase in any of the white blood cell…

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Myoclonus and Serotonin Syndrome

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Myoclonus and Serotonin Syndrome

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   Myoclonus is a brief contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. Pathology…

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Tremor

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Tremor

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   Tremors are involuntary rhythmic oscillatory movements of one or more muscle groups. They…

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Platelet Function Disorders

Jun 25, 2017 by in PSYCHOLOGY Comments Off on Platelet Function Disorders

(1) Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA   Disorders of platelet function include a disruption in platelet function that is independent…

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