WATCHERS: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

MNEMONICS, PSYCHIATRY

WATCHERS Worry Anxiety Tension in muscles Concentration difficulty Hyperarousal (or irritability) Energy loss Restlessness Sleep disturbance

TRAUMA: Post-TRAUMAtic stress disorder

MNEMONICS, PSYCHIATRY

TRAUMA Traumatic event Re-experiences Avoids the situation Unable to function / lack of interest in usual activities Month or more of symptoms Arousal is increased / Sympathetic arousal is increased.

Personality disorder Mnemonics

Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, MNEMONICS, PSYCHIATRY

MNEMONICS FOR DIAGNOSING PERSONALITY DISORDERS From MDedge.com Paranoid personality disorder SUSPECT Spousal infidelity suspected Unforgiving (bears grudges) Suspicious Perceives attacks (and reacts quickly) Enemy or friend? (suspects associates and friends) Confiding...

JONES’ HEART: Criteria for Rheumatic Fever

Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults, HOSPITAL MEDICINE, MNEMONICS

Major Jones’ Criteria: JONES J – Joint involvement (polyarthritis) which is usually migratory and inflammatory joint involvement that starts in the lower joints and ascends to upper joints O – Offended Heart –i.e. myocarditis or inflammation of the heart...

COWS: Caloric testing

MNEMONICS

The mnemonic COWS: Cold Opposite, Warm Same. If the patient has no brainstem abnormality, then when you put cold water in the right ear, the nystagmus will point left (the fast part of it). Caloric testing tests the oculovestibular reflex of the eye....

MTV: Airborne diseases

Clinic A/P, adults, MNEMONICS

MTV’s air waves : Measles, TB, Varicella,