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i have psychiatry exam tomorrow you have to prepare me for that. my topics are cognitive disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, somatoform disorders, and basic protocol of patient interaction history taking etc also pls include key distinguishing points of each disorder that will be helpful to use on case based qs and problem solving. give every information abt the disorders okay how when what symptoms positive negative pathophysio treatment diagnosis like each thing whatever we see and learn in medschool. every important aspect.

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That's your full comprehensive psychiatry exam guide - pulled directly from Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis and Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Here's a quick orientation to the guide:
What's covered:
  1. Psychiatric history + MSE - every component with the full outline format exams love, including the A-B-C-S-M-A-T-T-P-C-I-J mnemonic
  2. Mood Disorders - full DSM-5 criteria (SIG E CAPS for depression, DIG FAST for mania), Bipolar I vs II table, lithium facts, treatment algorithm
  3. Anxiety Disorders - GAD, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety, Specific Phobia, OCD, PTSD - with the distinguishing trigger/avoidance/physical symptom table
  4. Cognitive Disorders - the Delirium vs. Dementia comparison table, I WATCH DEATH mnemonic, all 5 dementia types with distinguishing features
  5. Personality Disorders - all 10 PDs by cluster, ego-syntonic vs. ego-dystonic distinction, BPD AIM SELF criteria, DBT as gold standard
  6. Eating Disorders - AN vs. BN vs. BED comparison, Russell's sign, refeeding syndrome, medical complications
  7. Somatoform/Somatic Symptom Disorders - the 4-way table (SSD/Conversion/Factitious/Malingering) that exams absolutely love
For case-based questions, the most important rules are:
  • If a case mentions conduct disorder before 15 → ASPD
  • If confusion is acute + fluctuating → delirium (check the meds/infection)
  • If emotion is ego-dystonic + unwanted → OCD; if ego-syntonic → OCPD
  • If patient feigns illness for money/legal reasons → malingering (not a disorder)
  • Splitting + self-harm + abandonment fear → BPD → DBT
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