Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple Top 【NEWEST】

Overview

Final "Ridiculously Simple" Takeaway for the Clinician

• Antidepressants

  lightning rod

  Think of Lithium as a massive . It grounds the electricity during the storm, preventing the mania. It also irrigates the fields during the drought, preventing the depression. It keeps the weather stable.

  • The Problem: Risperidone or Olanzapine resolves psychosis, but the patient gains 30 lbs in 3 months. They stop the drug. Psychosis returns.
  • The Fix: Know the metabolic risk order: Clozapine/Olanzapine (highest) > Risperidone > Quetiapine > Aripiprazole/Lurasidone (lowest). If the patient is obese, start with Aripiprazole.

  3-S Rule

  You have a patient. You know the diagnosis. Now what? Follow the for initiation: clinical psychopharmacology made ridiculously simple top

  Weaknesses & Limitations (Honest Critique)

  Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)