TABLE 13.7 “SIGECAPS” MNEMONIC FOR DEPRESSION Sleep (decreased, increased, or disturbed sleep) Interests (loss of interests, morbid preoccupations) Guilt (excessive guilt) Energy (decreased energy) Concentration (decreased or problems with concentration) Appetite (decrease or increase in appetite) Psychomotor functioning (decreased or problems with functioning) Suicidal ideation Adapted with permission from Caplan JP, Stern TA Mnemonics in a nutshell: 32 aids to psychiatric diagnosis Curr Psychiatr 2008;7:27 Copyright © 2008 Current Psychiatry All rights reserved TABLE 13.8 “DIG FAST” MNEMONIC FOR MANIA Distractibility (attention too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli) Indiscretion (excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences such as buying sprees/shoplifting, sexual indiscretions, or driving recklessly) Grandiosity (excessively inflated self-esteem, feeling invincible, reporting they have or are planning to achieve wildly unrealistic goals) Flight of ideas (rapidly leaping from one idea to the next or subjective experience that thoughts are racing) Activity increase (socially, at school, or at home) or psychomotor agitation Sleep deficit (decreased need for sleep while still feeling rested or energized) Talkativeness/pressured speech (difficult or impossible to interrupt) Adapted with permission from Caplan JP, Stern TA Mnemonics in a nutshell: 32 aids to psychiatric diagnosis Curr Psychiatr 2008;7:27 Copyright © 2008 Current Psychiatry All rights reserved Anxiety Children with anxiety disorders can become quite agitated and even aggressive when apprehensive or overwhelmed For example, children with separation anxiety may become violent—kicking and punching caregivers, destroying property—in their increasingly desperate attempts to prevent their parents from