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Erikson's stages of personality development Beautiful Mnemonic

Trust your Autonomy and Initiate the Industry , or your idenity will be isolated rather than self integrated . Trust versus mistrust  Autonomy versus shame and doubt Initiative versus shame and doubt Industry versus inferiority  Identity versus confusion Intimacy versus isolation   Generativity vs self absoption Integreity vs despair

Conditions That Can Cause Depression: Mnemonic

Conditions That Can Cause Depression-Mnemonic SANDICT mnemonic can help memorize and recall the conditions that can directly induce depression.  SANDICT SLE  Addison's disease Neurological conditions eg. stroke.  Diabetes  Infections for example influenza virus infection.  Carcinoma, especially involving the brain directly or through metastasis. Breast carcinoma is an example.  Thyroid disorders especially hypothyroidism.  Please see the Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry for more details.

Causes Of Dementia

A PRIME TOWN     * Anoxia, Autoimmune     * Primary neurodegenerative     * Radiation     * Infections, inflammation     * Metabolic     * Endocrine     * Toxin, Trauma     * Other causes     * Vasculitides (W)     * Neoplastic