Cases That Test Your Skills
Cases That Test Your Skills
Getting patients to talk about priapism
Mr. Q, a college sophomore, stops taking his anxiolytic after experiencing a 4-hour erection. The problem: He’s too embarrassed to tell his...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Treating schizophrenia in the ‘real world’
Mr. F—with a history of severe motor effects and noncompliance—seems ‘damned’ to a life of delusional, violent behavior. After 17 years of...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Birds, butterflies and bullfrogs: When patients ‘see things’
For 3 months, vivid and sometimes horrifying visual hallucinations have tormented Ms. K, although she does not appear to be psychotic. How can we...
Cases That Test Your Skills
The search for the hidden depressant
A teenager with longstanding ADHD and schizoaffective disorder lapses quickly into a deep depression with manic and suicidal features. Her doctors...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Treating persistent psychosis with cognitive-behavioral therapy
Persistent paranoid delusions keep Mr. K housebound. He refuses to try clozapine after other antipsychotic regimens fail to reduce his symptoms....
Cases That Test Your Skills
Treating persistent psychosis with cognitive-behavioral therapy
Persistent paranoid delusions keep Mr. K housebound. He refuses to try clozapine after other antipsychotic regimens fail to reduce his symptoms....
Cases That Test Your Skills
Steroid abuse: a ‘hidden’ health hazard
Excessive anabolic steroid use has been a hard habit to break for Mr. A, despite resultant legal, physical, and mental problems. Keeping such...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Steroid abuse: a ‘hidden’ health hazard
Excessive anabolic steroid use has been a hard habit to break for Mr. A, despite resultant legal, physical, and mental problems. Keeping such...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Treating late-life decline: When more is less
Mrs. S, 85, is showing signs of cognitive impairment. Is depression or dementia causing her forgetfulness? Treatment decisions made now will...
Cases That Test Your Skills
When culture complicates treatment
Mr. V, a Laotian refugee, will not consent to post-amputation wound closure, which would prevent further infection and limb loss. The challenge:...
Cases That Test Your Skills
A showdown with severe social phobia
Fears of interacting with other people were taking an ever-increasing toll on Mr. I. Drawing from a small but growing body of evidence, these...