Psychiatry High Yield Rating List for USMLE Step 1 Exam

10 – Depressant/Downer/Alcohol Abuse, Withdrawal and Overdose

  • 7-Opioid Overdose & Naloxone
  • 4 – Alcohol Withdrawal/DTs
  • 4 – Benzo Indications
  • 3 – Opioid Withdrawal
  • 3 – Benzo Overdose
  • 2 – Benzo Mechanism of Action

 

10 – Personality Disorders Overall

  • 5 – Schizoid Personality
  • 3 – Borderline Personality
  • 3 – Histrionic Personality
  • 2 – Antisocial
  • 1 – Avoidant Personality
  • 1 – Dependent Personality
  • 0 – Schizotypal Personality
  • 0 – Paranoid Personality
  • 0 – Narcissistic Personality
  • 0 – OCPD

 

9 – Antidepressants

  • 7- side effects
  • 2-mechanisms
  • 1-indications

 

9 – Antipsychotics

  • 6-side effects
  • 2-mechanism
  • 2-indications

 

9 – MDD & Suicide

 

8 – Stimulant/Upper Abuse

  • 3 – Signs and complications of Intoxication
  • 3 – Mechanism

 

5 – Mood Stabilizers

  • 3 – Side Effects
  • 2 – Indications

 

4 – Bereavement/Grief

 

4 – Diseases with no physical explanation

  • 3 – Somatization
  • 1 – Malingering
  • 1 – Factitious Disorder

 

3 – Schizophrenia

 

2 – Eating Disorders

  • 1 – Bulimia Nervosa
  • 1 – Anorexia Nervosa

 

2 – GAD

 

2 – Bipolar Disorder

2 – Hallucinogen Abuse

 

1 – PTSD

 

1 – Buspirone

 

 

Things I Covered in My Videos just for Completeness sake:

0 – Marijuana Abuse

0 – Dysthymia

0 – Adjustment Disorder

0 – Schizoaffective

0 – Delusional Disorder

0 – Panic Disorder

0 – Specific Phobia

0 – Social Phobia

0 – OCD

0 – Specific Clusters of the personality disorders

0 – Schizophreniform & Brief Psychotic Disorder

0 – Dysthymia

0 – Hypomania & Cyclothymia

 

No Yield Material (HYR 0) I Things I left out of my videos:

  • ADHD
  • Tourette’s
  • Non-benzo Hypnotic Medications
  • Ego Defenses & Mature Defenses
  • Conditioning, reinforcement, & Transference
  • Gender Identity Disorder
  • Sleep Stages & REM sleep & circadian rhythm
  • Details about specific types of therapy
  • MAOIs
  • Types of Amnesia
  • Specific Subtypes of Schizophrenia
  • Stages of Change
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder

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