Psychiatry, eTextbook (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-9300-2 (ISBN)
Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases Uncovered
Psychiatry is one of the most interesting and challenging areas of study in medicine and Clinical Cases Uncovered is your guide through.
With presentations ranging from psychosis to memory loss and from insomnia to self-harm, you tackle each problem as it arises in everyday settings. Tips and key features are highlighted throughout so you can refer back to each case for exam revision and well into your career.
For further information, visit www.clinicalcasesuncovered.com
Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at Newham University Hospital, Glenn Road, London.
Nicola Byrne,Consultant Psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital, London.
Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations. Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases Uncovered Psychiatry is one of the most interesting and challenging areas of study in medicine and Clinical Cases Uncovered is your guide through. With presentations ranging from psychosis to memory loss and from insomnia to self-harm, you tackle each problem as it arises in everyday settings. Tips and key features are highlighted throughout so you can refer back to each case for exam revision and well into your career. For further information, visit www.clinicalcasesuncovered.com
Peter Byrne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at Newham University Hospital, Glenn Road, London. Nicola Byrne,Consultant Psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital, London.
Contents 5
Introduction 7
How to use this book 10
Part 1: Basics 11
Approach to the patient 11
Mental health treatments 22
Part 2: Cases 46
Case 1: A 20-year-old student who collapses in the supermarket 46
Case 2: A 47-year-old woman who lives in fear that God will punish her 54
Case 3: An 18-year-old college drop-out gets an eviction order from his parents 62
Case 4: An 18-year-old trainee chef who cannot go to work 69
Case 5: Sudden deterioration of a 78-year-old woman in a nursing home 76
Case 6: A 72-year-old woman with antisocial behaviour 84
Case 7: A 64-year-old retired teacher’s depression is getting worse 91
Case 8: A 17-year-old man has been cutting his arms 98
Case 9: A 9-year-old disruptive child faces expulsion from school 106
Case 10: A 48-year-old security guard with new symptoms every day 114
Case 11: A 28-year-old man has been arrested at the airport 121
Case 12: A 24-year-old new mother in distress 129
Case 13: A 15-year-old head prefect with pneumonia is behaving secretly 138
Case 14: Insomnia in a 26-year-old successful City man 145
Case 15: A 15-year-old child assaults his foster mother 153
Case 16: A 42-year-old woman insists she is pregnant 160
Case 17: The wife of a 66-year-old GP with Parkinson’s disease is worried about him 167
Case 18: Complete loss of memory in a fit middle-aged man 174
Case 19: A 32-year-old woman puts her GP under pressure 181
Case 20: The 21-year-old critical medical student 192
Case 21: A 24-year-old legal secretary with depressed mood and suicidal thoughts 198
Case 22: A 41-year-old woman with epilepsy develops a different pattern of fits 205
Part 3: Self-assessment 213
MCQs 213
EMQs 217
SAQs 221
MCQs Answers 224
Index of cases by diagnosis 233
Index 234
?This book serves its purpose well. It is an ideal way to shift the
learning process from rote memorization to a learner-centered
process. The case-based discussions make psychiatric disorders come
alive, placing students in the role of medical detective.?
(Doody?s Reviews)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.9.2010 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Schlagworte | Approach • Areas • cases • challenging • Clinical • clinical practice • combines • daytoday • drawn • easytouse • Experiences • Insomnia • interesting • Life • Medical Science • Medizin • Practice • Presentations • Psychiatrie • Psychiatry • Ranging • Reallife • Refreshing • rehearse • Study • Unique |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4443-9300-6 / 1444393006 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4443-9300-2 / 9781444393002 |
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