on Contributors
Michael D. Berry is a PhD candidate and counselling trainee, working in the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London. His work examines the use of…
PSYCHIATRY
posttest and certificate
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> CME: posttest and certificate Overall peer comparison For Stahl’s Self-Assessments in Psychiatry: Multiple Choice Questions for Clinicians, second edition, the correct answer was selected 65% of…
Dementia and cognitive function and its treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 9 Dementia and cognitive function and its treatment Question One Mary, a 79-year-old patient, is brought to your office by her daughter, who reports that her…
Substance use and impulsive compulsive disorders and their treatment
Day 1: 8 mg B/2 mg NDay 2: add’l 4 mg/1 mg up to 16 mg/4 mgDays 3–7: increase in units of 4 mg/1 mg until withdrawal symptoms cease;maximum 32…
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 8 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment Question One A 15-year-old with inattentive-type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has a hard time staying focused on…
Anxiety disorders and anxiolytics
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 5 Anxiety disorders and anxiolytics Question One A 35-year-old female presents to your office and begins to divulge her frequent worries: ever since she was young…
Disorders of sleep and wakefulness and their treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 7 Disorders of sleep and wakefulness and their treatment Question One Denise is a 32-year-old patient with shift work disorder who reports that she is having…
Chronic pain and its treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 6 Chronic pain and its treatment Question One A 34-year-old woman with fibromyalgia, generalized anxiety disorder, and depression is currently taking several psychotropic medications, including alprazolam,…
Narcolepsy–Cataplexy Syndrome and Symptomatic Hypersomnia
Fig. 26.1 Hypocretin deficiency in narcoleptic subjects. a CSF hypocretin-1 levels are undetectably low in most narcoleptic subjects (84.2 %). Note that two HLA DQB1*0602-negative and one familial case have…
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Fig. 45.1 Patient #4 from the original reported series of RBD cases in 1986 [2] demonstrates a “home remedy” he resorted to using in desperation to prevent himself from leaping…
