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Behavioral Health study guides
Study guides for medical students, residents, nurses and pediatricians: each opens with Pedemy's decision tree, then the key facts from the board-review flashcards.
ADHD: diagnosis and treatment
ADHD board review: DSM-5-TR criteria, rating scales, look-alikes, treatment by age, stimulants and nonstimulants, cardiac screening, side effects and sleep.
Study guide · Mental HealthAnxiety disorders in children and teens
Anxiety disorders board review: screening ages 8–18, GAD, social anxiety, panic, separation anxiety, phobia, selective mutism, CBT, SSRIs and SNRIs.
Study guide · Mental HealthAutism spectrum disorder and Rett syndrome
Autism and Rett syndrome board review: DSM-5-TR domains, M-CHAT-R/F screening, microarray and fragile X, risperidone, aripiprazole, MECP2 and trofinetide.
Study guide · Mental HealthBipolar disorder, mania and DMDD
Bipolar disorder in youth for board review: manic vs hypomanic episodes, family risk, SSRI-induced mania, SGAs, lithium toxicity with NSAIDs, and DMDD.
Study guide · Mental HealthConduct disorder
Conduct disorder board review: 3 behaviors in 12 months, remorse as a specifier, childhood vs adolescent onset, ODD vs CD, comorbidity and parent training.
Study guide · Mental HealthDepression in children and adolescents
Pediatric depression board review: yearly screening from 12, MDD criteria, irritability, adjustment disorder, PDD, fluoxetine and escitalopram, boxed warning.
Study guide · Mental HealthFamily, school and media
Board review of AAP advice on screens by age, school refusal vs truancy, divorce, grief, postpartum depression screening, bullying, racism and social needs.
Study guide · BehavioralOCD and hair pulling in children
OCD, trichotillomania and PANS/PANDAS in children for board review: typical rituals, reassurance seeking, CBT with ERP, SSRIs and habit-reversal training.
Study guide · Mental HealthOppositional defiant disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder for board review: DSM-5-TR criteria, the 6-month rule, ODD vs conduct disorder, ADHD comorbidity and parent management training.
Study guide · Mental HealthParenting, discipline and toddler behavior
Board review: AAP discipline, tantrums, time-out, PCIT, infant colic, breath-holding spells, head banging, thumb sucking, separation and new siblings.
Study guide · BehavioralPsychosis in adolescents
New psychosis in a teen for board review: drug and medical causes first, schizophrenia timelines, second-generation antipsychotics and NMS.
Study guide · Mental HealthSleep problems in children
Pediatric sleep for board review: AASM sleep hours by age, infant and toddler sleep, insomnia, delayed sleep phase, night terrors, nightmares, sleepwalking.
Study guide · BehavioralSomatic symptom and related disorders
Somatic symptom disorders in children for board review: SSD, illness anxiety, functional neurologic and factitious disorder, gain types and treatment.
Study guide · Mental HealthAdolescent substance use
Teen substance use for board review: CRAFFT, drug-test limits, alcohol, cannabis, vaping, stimulants, opioids, hallucinogens, inhalants, steroids.
Study guide · Mental HealthSuicide risk and self-harm in adolescents
Youth suicide and self-harm for board review: screening from 12 years, prior attempt risk, lethal means, safety plans, acetaminophen level, DBT.
Study guide · Mental HealthTics and Tourette syndrome
Tics and Tourette syndrome for board review: DSM-5-TR criteria, CBIT, alpha-2 agonists, stimulants with tics, functional tic-like behaviors, stereotypies, PANS.
Study guide · Mental HealthTrauma, ACEs and resilience
Trauma, ACEs and resilience for board review: toxic stress biology, trauma-informed care, FRAYED, PTSD criteria, TF-CBT, and RAD vs DSED after neglect.
Study guide · Mental Health