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Psychiatric Drug Introduction Psychiatric medications can be broken down into the following categores antidepressants antipsychotics

Introduction Mechanism of action inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) into presynaptic neurons this increases

Snapshot A 25-year-old woman presents for her annual exam. She appears easily startled and

Snapshot A 13-year-old is brought into clinic by his parents.  He has been suspended

Snapshot A 38-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being in a

Snapshot A 3-year-old girl is brought to the dermatology office for a purpuric rash,

Snapshot An 11-year-old boy presents with a chief complaint of poor performance in school. 

Psychiatric Drug Introduction Psychiatric medications can be broken down into the following categories antidepressants antipsychotics

Overview Psychiatric medications can be broken down into the following categories antidepressants antipsychotics mood

Snapshot A 24-year-old medical student presents to her primary care physician for an annual

Snapshot A 68-year-old man is brought by EMS to the emergency department from his

Overview Problems in psychotherapy transference    patient projects feelings about important person onto physician e.g.