The shelf is a discrimination test wearing a white coat. Grief or depression? Schizophrenia or schizoaffective? Delirium or dementia? The right answer almost always turns on a timeline and a single distinguishing feature. Every Bone Wizardry deep-dive that shows up on the psychiatry exam, mapped by theme.
The tested move: separate the look-alikes by duration, course, and the one finding that breaks the tie, then choose the safest next step.
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Mood & Psychotic Disorders
Yield 26-32%
Schizophrenia & Mood DisordersPro
Psych · Timeline cutoffs that name it
Grief vs Major DepressionFree
Psych · Normal vs MDD vs the traps
Personality DisordersPro
Psych · Clusters A/B/C
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Psychopharmacology
Yield 22-28%
AntidepressantsPro
Psych · SSRI/SNRI/TCA/MAOI, serotonin syndrome
Antipsychotics, Mood Stabilizers & AnxiolyticsPro
Psych · EPS, NMS, lithium, benzos
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Emergencies & Cognitive
Yield 16-20%
The Agitated PatientPro
Psych · De-escalation to chemical restraint
Delirium vs DementiaPro
Neuro · Acute & fluctuating vs chronic
Wernicke-KorsakoffPro
Neuro · Thiamine, confabulation
HIV-Associated DementiaPro
Neuro · Subcortical, late HIV
Substance Intoxication and WithdrawalPro
Psych · Which withdrawals kill
Anxiety and OCDPro
Psych · Time thresholds, ERP, SSRIs
Trauma and PTSDPro
Psych · The one-month line, prazosin
Eating DisordersPro
Psych · Refeeding, weight, fluoxetine
Somatic Symptom DisordersPro
Psych · The somatic spectrum
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