Approach to Visual Deficits
E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Visual Loss ◦Monocular Versus Binocular ◦Partial-Field Versus Full-Field ◦Timing of the Visual Loss ◦Localization and Diagnosis ◦Syndromes of Visual Loss •Eye Pain •Diplopia…
Overview of Hospital Neurology
E. Lee Murray, MD, andMonico Peter Baňez, MD, MBA, FACP, SFHM CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Models of a Hospital Neurology Service •Training and Subspecialties in Hospital Neurology •Neurology Midlevel Providers •Organizational…
Assessment Perspectives and the Human Matrix
We have already seen how a deeper understanding of the person beneath the diagnosis can suggest powerful methods for securing a sound initial treatment plan, while simultaneously maximizing engagement and…
Psychotic Disorders
Introduction One wonders what the world is like when a plank in reason splinters, as Emily Dickinson describes the slip into psychotic process. The more we, as clinicians, can develop…
Understanding and Effectively Engaging People With Difficult Personality Disorders
Introduction to Object Relations and Self Psychology If we follow the logic in our opening epigram from Kohut, patients who present to us with borderline and narcissistic structure are suffocating…
Vantage Points
During the initial years of training and, indeed, during the remaining course of the clinician’s career, the clinician cultivates a garden of sorts. In this garden, the clinician attempts to…
The Dynamic Structure of the Interview
The clinical interview manifests as a relationship. As with all relationships, it undergoes a continuous process of change. It takes two things that exist, the clinician and the patient, and…
Personality Disorders
Introduction I cannot say whether Emily Dickinson was coping with a personality disorder or not, but I can say that she was both wonderfully fascinating and creatively gifted. I can…
Transforming Anger, Confrontation, and Other Points of Disengagement
Introduction One can easily empathize with the plight of young Alice. She is encountering the unpleasant slap of confrontation, and she does not know where to move next. She is…
The Delicate Dance
In the following pages, we will begin a study of the interviewing process. We will be examining the craft in which one human attempts the formidable task of understanding another…
