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Mar 23, 2022 · The Geeky Medics list of medical mnemonics has been curated to help you remember important medical concepts and facts. Our list of medical mnemonics includes clinical skills, medicine, surgery, paediatrics and psychiatry. For basic sciences, see the Geeky Medics list of anatomy mnemonics.
Mnemonics BOX 4. MNEMONICS FOR DIAGNOSING PERSONALITY DISORDERS working memory is minimized, enabling long-term memory to be facilitated.28 Mnemonics may use rhyme, music, or visual cues to enhance memory. Most mne-monics used in medical practice and edu-cation are word-based, including: • Acronyms—words, each letter of which
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- Intellectual disability
- Language disorder
- Speech sound disorder
- Childhood-onset fluency disorder (stuttering)
- Social (pragmatic) communication disorder
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Specifiers for bipolar and related disorders
- Restless Lose control
- Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
- Crowded area Open spaces
- Obsessive-compulsive and related disord
- Obsessions:
- Body dysmorphic disorder: ‘PAIN’
- Hoarding disorder: ‘PILED’
- Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder): ‘HAIR’
- Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder: ‘SKIN’
- Somatic symptom and related disorders
- Non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal disorders
- Substance use disorders
- Tolerance Withdrawal
- Hazardous use Desire for the drug
- Awareness Abrupt or Acute onset with
- Major and mild neurocognitive disorder
- General personality disorder: ‘AIM COIN As Per Distance’
- Cognition Interpersonal functioning
- Future recommendations
- Implications
This review was guided by the question, ‘What are all the mnemonics available for remembering the DSM diagnostic criteria for mental disorders?’ Mnemonics published in any way, whether journal articles or chapters in books or websites or presentations and those developed or modified by the author, Table 1 search STARLITE principles applied to the l...
The data of mnemonics for diagnostic criteria were extracted by retrieving full- text articles or chapters of the books. The mnemonics from websites without published literature were retained by citing the website itself. Few articles and chapters were included based on the author’s knowledge if mnemonics for any psychiatric disorder were not found...
The mnemonics were collated and summarised under the heading of each disorder. The disorders were indexed in the same order as in DSM V. Some mnemonics were modified or developed by the author. Those mnemonics that have no citation are the works of the author. Those mnemonics that reflect a facet of their respective disor-ders were elaborated in de...
‘During development Intellects adapt by conceptual, social and practical support.’ Onset during developmental period. Deficits in intellectual functions. Deficits in adaptive functioning. Severity defined on the basis of adaptive functioning in conceptual, social and practical domains that determine the level of supports required.
‘Express or Comprehend words, sentences, discourses expected for age during development.’ Persistent deficits in expression and comprehension of language that include: Reduced word knowledge (vocabulary). Limited sentence structure. Impairments in discourse. Below expected for age. Onset in the early developmental period.
‘Sound limits communication during development.’ Persistent difficulty with speech sound. Limits effective communication. Onset in the early developmental period.
‘Repeat or prolong or substitute the pauses or block repetitive tensions during development.’ Persistent disturbances in normal fluency and time patterning of speech, inappropriate for the individu-al’s age and language skills. Frequent and marked oc-currences of one (or more) of the following: Sound and syllable repetitions. Sound prolongations. S...
‘Understand social and contextual rules of conversation during development.’ Persistent difficulties in the social use of verbal and non- verbal communication as manifested by: Difficulty understanding what is not explicitly stat-ed or non- literal language. Deficits in using communication for social purpos-es. Disability to change communication to...
‘Reciprocate, relate and communicate in social inter-actions; Restrict repetitive, rigid and unusual reactive behavior during developmental period.’ Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction, manifested by: Deficits in socioemotional reciprocity. Deficits in developing, maintaining and understand-ing relationships. Deficits...
Symptoms of inattention include (mnemonic: ATTEN-TION): six or more Attention difficulty Trouble listening to others even when spoken directly Tasks that require sustained mental effort are difficult Easily distracted Necessary things for tasks are lost To finish what he/she starts is difficult Is forgetful in daily activities Organisational skills...
With anxious distress: ‘CARLoT’ (two of five) Concentration difficulty Awful or apprehension
Tense or keyed up With mixed features: manic or hypomanic episode with mixed features: SIG E DR (three of six) Suicidal thoughts Interests decreased Guilt Energy decreased
1. FEARED Fear of social situations where exposed to possible scru-tiny by others; Fears of being negatively evaluated Exposure to the social situation almost always provokes fear or anxiety Avoids the social situation or endured with intense fear or anxiety Recognises that the fear is out of proportion Exclusion of fear induced by a substance or a...
Outside the home Public transport Enclosed spaces B. Other criteria remembered by mnemonic ‘PHOBIA’ Persistent (>6 months) Handicapping (restricted lifestyle) Out- of- proportion fear or anxiety Because of thoughts that escape or help might not be available in the event of developing panic- like symptoms or other incapacitating or embarrassing symp...
Obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD): ‘Thoughts RIDE TIME, Acts Reduce TIME’ Presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both Obsessions: ‘Thoughts RIDE’ Thoughts, urges or images that are: Recurrent and persistent. Intrusive and unwanted. Distress (anxiety) provoking Effaced by ignoring or suppressing or neutralis-ing with other thought or compulsion....
Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, images Experienced as intrusive and unwanted Often cause marked anxiety or distress Resist by ignoring or suppressing the thoughts or neutralise with some other thought or compulsion Impairing social, occupational and other areas of functioning Exclude due to substance or another medical condition Not relat...
Preoccupation with perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance Acts, mental or behavioural, repetitive, in response to appearance concerns Impairment in socio- occupational functioning Not due to an eating disorder
Perceived need to save items and distress associated with discarding them results in Inability to discard or parting possessions regardless of their actual value Litter up possessions Exclude another medical condition or another mental disorder Distress or dysfunction in socio- occupational functioning
Hair loss, due to recurrent pulling out of one’s hair Attempts repeatedly to decrease or stop hair pulling Impairment in socio- occupational functioning or cause significant distress Rule out another mental or medical disorder that causes hair loss
Skin picking resulting in skin lesions Keen to decrease or stop skin picking by repeated attempts Impairment in socio- occupational functioning or cause significant distress Not attributable to substance- induced, another medical or mental disorder.
Somatic symptom disorder: the B criterion can be remem-bered by the mnemonic ‘TEA’. Thoughts: disproportionate and persistent about the seriousness of somatic symptoms Emotion: persistently high anxiety about health or symptoms Actions: excess time and energy devoted to these symptoms Illness anxiety disorder: ‘Persistent search for any big disease...
‘Forgets or recalls little of incomplete awakening happened while walking or shouting during the first third of sleep’. Forgets (amnesia of) the episodes Recalls little of dream imagery during episodes of Incomplete awakening from sleep presenting as Sleepwalking or Shouting (sleep terrors)
‘Haphazard knowledge of or failure to control problems in activities urges excess tolerance with time’ Hazardous use Use despite knowledge of having a persistent or recur-rent physical or psychological problem caused or exacer-bated by the substance Failure to fulfil major role obligations at work, school or home Persistent desire to cut down or co...
A great deal of time is spent for obtaining or using the substance or recovering from its effects Another mnemonic is: ‘WITHDRAW THE substance’. Work, school or home obligation failures Interpersonal or social consequences Time spent too much for obtaining, using or recov-ering from effects of substance
Reinstatement Activities (important or recreational) given up
Altering in severity during the course of a day Cognitive disturbance Consequence of another medical condition or substance related Can’t explained by another neuroCognitive disorder or
Despite several studies showing the effectiveness of mnemonic strategies, these remain the least frequently used formal memory aid in medical practice. The present compilation helps the clinicians or the students memo-rise a mnemonic for a particular DSM mental disorder that is fascinating for them. They can further create their mnemonics as one’s ...
Despite several studies showing the effectiveness of mnemonic strategies, these remain the least frequently used formal memory aid in medical practice. The present compilation helps the clinicians or the students memo-rise a mnemonic for a particular DSM mental disorder that is fascinating for them. They can further create their mnemonics as one’s ...
Despite several studies showing the effectiveness of mnemonic strategies, these remain the least frequently used formal memory aid in medical practice. The present compilation helps the clinicians or the students memo-rise a mnemonic for a particular DSM mental disorder that is fascinating for them. They can further create their mnemonics as one’s ...
Despite several studies showing the effectiveness of mnemonic strategies, these remain the least frequently used formal memory aid in medical practice. The present compilation helps the clinicians or the students memo-rise a mnemonic for a particular DSM mental disorder that is fascinating for them. They can further create their mnemonics as one’s ...
Despite several studies showing the effectiveness of mnemonic strategies, these remain the least frequently used formal memory aid in medical practice. The present compilation helps the clinicians or the students memo-rise a mnemonic for a particular DSM mental disorder that is fascinating for them. They can further create their mnemonics as one’s ...
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Identify the roles of the four types of word parts used in forming medical terms. Use your knowledge of word parts to analyze unfamiliar medical terms. Describe the steps in locating a term in a medical dictionary. Define the commonly used word roots, combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes introduced in this chapter.
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