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Author Wright, Barry (John Barry Debenham)

Title 100 cases in psychiatry / Barry Wright, Subodh Dave, Nisha Dogra
Published London : Hodder Arnold, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) : illustrations
Series 100 cases
100 cases.
Contents How can you assess mental state? -- Untreated dental abscess -- Generalized anxiety -- Sick note -- Obsessive rituals but does not want medication -- Having a heart attack -- Stepped care for depression in primary care -- Hands raw with washing -- Unresponsive in the emergency department -- Bipolar disorder -- Pschodynamic therapy -- Never felt better -- Aches and pains and loss of interest -- Constantly tearful -- Voices comment on everything I do -- I only smoked a bit of cannabis and took a couple of Es -- Unusual persecutory beliefs -- Abdominal pain in general practice -- A drink a day to keep my problems at bay -- Paracetemol overdose -- Spider phobia -- Déjà vu and amnesia -- Self-harming, substance misuse and volatile relationships -- My husband won't let me go out -- Intensely fearful hallucinations -- Flashbacks and nightmares -- Ataxia -- Unexplained medical symptoms: this pain just won't go away -- Can't concentrate after his daughter died -- Something's not quite right -- Tricyclic antidepressant overdose -- Suicidal risk assessment -- Paranoia with movement disorder -- My nose is too big and ugly -- Can I section her to make her accept treatment? -- Disinhibited and behaving oddly -- Transference and counter transference -- Depression progressing to myoclonus and dementia -- Bulimia nervosa: constipation -- Fever, muscle rigidity, mental confusion -- 'Alien impulses' and risk to others -- Feels like the room is changing shape -- Unable to open my fists -- Intense fatigue -- Epilepsy and symptoms of psychosis -- I'm impotent -- I love him but I don't want sex -- Treatment of heroin addiction -- Exhibitionism -- Rapid tranquillization -- Palpitations -- Thoughts of killing her baby -- My wife is having an affair -- A man in police custody -- Stalking -- An angry man -- Treatment resistant depression -- Treatment resistant schizophrenia -- Low mood and tired all of the time -- A profoundly deaf man 'hearing voices' -- I am sure I am not well -- Repeating the same story over and over again -- Progressive step-wise cognitive deterioration -- Seeing flies on the ceiling -- Cognitive impairment with visual hallucinations -- Paranoia: my wife is poisoning my food -- Acute agitation in a medical in-patient -- Woman is not eating or drinking anything -- A restless postoperative patient who won't stay in bed -- Parkinson's disease -- She is refusing treatment. Her dicision is wrong. She must be mentally ill -- Depression in a carer -- My wife is an impostor -- Marked tremor, getting worse -- He can't sit still -- Socially isolated -- Killed his friend's hamster and in trouble all the time -- Anorexia -- Cutting on the forearms -- Feelings of guilt -- Intense feelings of worthlessness -- Seeing things that aren't there -- Separation anxiety -- Soiling behind sofa -- She won't say anything at school -- Tics and checking behaviour -- Not eating, moving or speaking -- Attachment disorder -- Tantrums -- Gender identity disorder -- Blood in the urine of a healthy girl -- Child protection -- He doesn't play with other children -- Trouble in the classroom -- Restlessness -- A man with Down syndrome is not coping -- Strange behaviour in a person with Down syndrome -- Learning difficulties, behaviour problems and repetitive behaviour -- Malaise and high blood pressure -- Compulsive and aggressive behaviour in a man with Down syndrome
Summary 100 Cases in Psychiatry presents 100 scenarios commonly seen in the hospital and community setting. The patient's history and examination are described, with questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answer includes a detailed discussion on each topic, providing an essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for students and junior doctors. Making clinical decisions is one of the most important and difficult parts of training to become a doctor, and the area of mental health presents its own unique challenges. These cases will help students and juni
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Psychiatry -- Case studies
Psychiatry -- Problems, exercises, etc
Mental illness.
Mental Disorders
mental disorders.
MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
Mental illness
Psychiatry
Genre/Form Problems and exercises
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Dave, Subodh.
Dogra, Nisha, 1963-
ISBN 9781444127904
144412790X
9781482213027
1482213028
9781482213010
148221301X
9780429166310
0429166311
Other Titles One hundred cases in psychiatry
Hundred cases in psychiatry