Depression
- Cause: Alterations in neurotransmitter function.
- Onset: Weeks to months (subacute).
- Duration: Months to years.
- Mood: Low mood
- Course: Chronic; responds to Tx. Can recover or relapse.
- Timing: Worse in the morning.
- Consciousness: Normal or slowed.
- Thinking: Pessimistic.
- Psychomotor activity: Apathy.
- Hallucination: None
- Attention: Difficulty concentrating.
- Memory problems: Possibly acute.
- Sleep disturbance: Hypersomnolence or insomnia
- Ex: Normal vitals.
- Ix: Normal.
Delirium
- Cause: IWATCHDEATH look up
- Medications (i.e. anaesthesia), infection (i.e. UTI, pneumonia), dehydration, metabolic changes. (i.e. DKA), hypoglycaemia, electrolyte disturbance, constipation etc.