Cases That Test Your Skills

Cases That Test Your Skills

Food for thought: Dangerous weight loss in an older adult

Author:

Margaret Herre, PhD

Kevin H. Yang, BS

Dimitry Francois, MD

CASE Fixated on health and nutrition

Ms. L, age 75, presents to the...

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Depressed and awkward: Is it more than that?

Author:

Lubnaa Abdullah, PsyD HSP

Ali Khan, MD

Alcides Amador, MD

Ms. P, age 21, presents to the clinic with worsening depression. Her diagnoses are treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and schizoid...

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Severe GI distress: Is clozapine to blame?

Author:

Amy Rasmussen, MD

Elizabeth Kistler, MD

Melanie Yabs, PharmD, BCPP

Ana Lupu, PharmD

Jessica Gannon, MD

Lori Arbutiski, RN, MSN

Rohit Das, MD

K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD, MRCPsych

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Is it bipolar disorder, or a complex form of PTSD?

Author:

Meghana Keswani, BS

Steven Nemcek, MD, MS

Navid Rashid, MD, FAPA

CASE A long history of suicidality

Mr. X, age 26, who has a hist...

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Persistent altered mental status

Author:

Manuel A. Cabrera, MD

Kelsey S. Hobart, MD

Jacqueline Posada, MD

Mr. O, age 24, presents to the ED weak, sluggish, and incoherent. He has a history of schizophrenia and poor medication adherence. What could be...

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An unquenchable thirst

Author:

Amy Gallop, MD

Ellen Kim, MD

Bridget McCoy, MD

Mr. F, age 44, has schizophrenia that includes religious delusions. After a presumed seizure and fall, he develops delirium. What’s causing these...

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Late-onset, treatment-resistant anxiety and depression

Author:

Andrea Carr, MD

Megan Ines, DO

Jenna Taglienti, MD

With no past psychiatric history, Mr. A, age 41, suddenly develops anxiety and insomnia. Standard psychiatric treatments fail to provide relief....

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Stuck in a rut with the wrong diagnosis

Author:

Elizabeth Schindler, DO

Peter Silverman, MD

Richard Sanders, MD

Babar Hasan, MD

Ms. N, age 58, has a history of bipolar disorder with psychotic features. While being treated in the ED for violent behavior, she develops signs...

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Nothing up his sleeve: Decompensation after bariatric surgery

Author:

Charisse Colvin, MD

Winnie Tsai, DO

Andrew L. Silverman, MD

Jenna Taglienti, MD

Binu Chacko, MD

Mr. G, age 64, has schizoaffective disorder and has been stable for years. Weeks after undergoing bariatric surgery, he rapidly develops...

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Elaborate hallucinations, but is it a psychotic disorder?

Author:

John Wang, MD

Dina Patel, MD

Dimitry Francois, MD

Mr. B, age 93, has recurrent visual, auditory, and tactile hallucinations involving a man named ‘Harry,’ but no other psychotic symptoms. What...

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Threatening to burn the house down

Author:

Narpinder Malhi, MD

Immad Kiani, MD

Mr. X, age 61, is experiencing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, but so far none of the standard treatment approaches have helped...

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