A Journey Through Medicine

2.9: Psychotic Disorders

Content covered: - Formal thought disorder - Acute psychosis, causes, differential diagnosis and treatment - Schizophrenia and related disorders - Mania - First vs second generation antipsychotics including important indications and side affects

2.8: Mood Disorders

Special guest and psychiatry wizard Abdulla joins the lads as they discuss high yeild concepts pertaining to unipolar and bipolar mood disorders. Content covered: - Key DSM5 Criteria - MDD - BPAD 1 vs BPAD 2, mania vs hypomania - Differential diagnosis of depressive and manic episodes - Key principles of management

Intro to Psychiatry

Abdulla joins the lads as they reflect on their time in psychiatry placement, giving their thoughts and suggestions for those heading into their first psych term. We are by no means experts, but thought some people might find this useful.

2.7: Parkinson's and other Neurodegenerative Disorders (ft. Ben)

Today the boys are joined by Ben to discuss the clinical features and pathology of Parkinson's disease. We discuss its course from initial autonomic dysfunction to the classical signs seen in textbooks and how it is different to the other common neurodegenerative diseases. Content covered: - Core concepts, similarities and classification of neurodegenerative diseases - Parkinson's - Dementia and its causes (Alzheimer's, Dementia with Lewy bodies, FTD, vascular dementia, etc) - Huntington's disease as an example of hyperkinetic movement disorders - Foundations of prion diseases including CJD and Kuru

2.6: Pathophysiology of Stroke (ft. Jonathan)

Todays episode is all about stroke. What actually is a stroke? How can it happen? What are some warning signs that someone may be having a stroke? The lads discuss these questions and more as they piece together what they have learnt about cerebrovascular diseases. Content covered: - Risk factors for the development of cerebrovascular disease - Pathogenesis of cerebrovascular disease - Ischaemic vs haemorragic strokes - Clinical presentation, prognosis and sequalae of stroke - Basic principles of management