Case Files Psychiatry

This is the closest a student can get to the wards without seeing patients! Designed to teach through clinical cases, this text offers 60 of the most common clinical problems in psychiatry along with case discussion questions, clinical pearls, key terms and concepts, and USMLE-style questions and answers to reinforce learning. This is an excellent study guide for the psychiatry shelf exam and the USMLE Step 2.

Table of Contents:
Major depression - middle age patient where the issue is to admit or not Major depression - in a geriatric patient Major depression - in a treatment resistant patient - ECT would be the issue Bipolar - manic - adult Bipolar - manic - child Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Borderline personality disorder narcissistic personality disorder histrionic personality disorder dependent personality disorder obsessive-compulsive personality disorder schizoid personality disorder schizotypal personality disorder paranoid personality disorder antisocial personality disorder bulimia anorexia schiophrenia schizoaffective disorder autism panic disorder generalized anxiety disorder alcohol abuse cocaine dependence opiate withdrawal obsessive-compulsive disorder post traumatic stress disorder acute stress disorder factitious disorder pain disorder somatization disorder conversion disorder hypochondriasis dysthymic disorder mental retardation mood disorder secondary to a general medical condition psychosis secondary to a general medical condition anxiety secondary to a general medical condition malingering psychosis not otherwise specified adjustment disorder with mixed features of mood and behavior sleep terror disorder primary insomnia some kind of neurotic patient (no diagnosis on DSM-IV) conduct disorder tourette's separation anxiety disorder delirium dementia dissociative fugue social phobia gender identity disorder alcohol withdrawal amphetamine intoxication hallucinogen persisting perception disorder PCP intoxication anxiolytic induced anxiety disorder substance induced mood disorder fetishism caffeine induced sleep disorder

About the Author :
Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn. He is the John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Methodist Hospital--Houston; Clerkship Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Texas--Houston Medical School (Houston, Texas). Dr. Debra L. Klamen is Associate Dean of Education and Curriculum as well as Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Education at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Springfield, Illinois). She is also a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at SIU.