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Psychiatry — Clinical Reasoning
Decision-focused depth — for the wards.
Foundation
Clinical Reasoning
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49 concepts · 22 diagrams · ~65 min total
Part 1 · Foundations
1
What Psychiatry Actually Is
2
Normal vs Disorder: the significance threshold
3
Symptom → Sign → Phenomenon → Syndrome → Diagnosis
4
The MSE as a Reasoning Instrument
5
Phenomenology: precision as a diagnostic act
6
Thought: form, content, and passivity
7
Psychosis as a Syndrome: "why is this patient psychotic?"
Part 2 · Psychosis & Schizophrenia
8
Schizophrenia: the core syndrome
9
Schizophrenia: differential diagnosis & clinical reasoning
10
Delusions in depth
11
Hallucinations in depth
12
Schizophrenia: diagnostic reasoning
13
Antipsychotics: from dopamine pathways to clinical effects
14
Schizophrenia management: think in phases
15
Delirium vs Dementia vs Psychosis
16
Catatonia: recognise the syndrome
Part 3 · Mood & Anxiety
17
Depression: diagnosis, subtypes, and risk
18
Mania and Hypomania
19
Bipolar Disorder
20
Anxiety from first principles
21
Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
22
Obsessive‑Compulsive Disorder
23
Trauma, Acute Stress and PTSD
24
Personality Disorders: from traits to disorder
25
Social Anxiety, Specific Phobia & Agoraphobia
26
Somatic Symptom & Related Disorders
27
Dissociative Disorders
Part 4 · Addictions, Child Psychiatry, Eating & Sleep
28
Substance Use Disorders
29
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: the developmental lens
30
ADHD
31
Autism Spectrum Disorder
32
Intellectual & Learning Disorders
33
Anorexia Nervosa
34
Bulimia Nervosa
35
Binge‑Eating Disorder & Pica
36
Sleep Architecture: NREM and REM
37
Parasomnias
38
Narcolepsy
39
Restless Legs Syndrome
Part 5 · Safety, Addictions & Treatments
40
Suicide, Suicidal Ideation & Self‑Harm
41
Alcohol Use Disorder
42
Alcohol Withdrawal & Delirium Tremens
43
Opioid Use Disorder & Overdose
44
Stimulant & Cocaine Use Disorders
45
Cannabis, Substance‑Induced Psychosis & the Timeline Principle
46
Personality Disorders: modern clinical framework
47
Psychotherapy: what is it actually doing?
48
CBT, DBT & ERP
49
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)