Contents:

How to Approach Clinical Problems

Psychiatric Therapeutics

Clinical Cases

Listing of Cases

Index

Sixty high-yield psychiatry cases help you sharpen your diagnostic and problem-solving skills

You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the psychiatry clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Psychiatry presents sixty real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts. Each case includes complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions with detailed explanations of the correct answers. With this system, you'll learn in the context of real patients, rather than merely memorize facts. Common terms and phrases: abuse ADHD adolescents alcohol ANALYSIS Objectives antidepressant antisocial personality disorder anxiety disorder atypical antipsychotic avoidant personality disorder behavior benzodiazepines bipolar disorder cause child CLINICAL APPROACH CLINICAL PEARLS clinician cocaine cognitive complaints COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS defense mechanism delirium delusions dementia depressed mood DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS disease dose drug DSM-V emergency department episodes factitious disorder feels functioning hallucinations hospital illness impairment individuals insomnia intoxication Kaplan & Sadock’s Lippincott Williams major depressive disorder malingering mania medical condition mental retardation mental status examination mood disorder mood stabilizer obsessive-compulsive occur onset pain panic attacks panic disorder paranoid parents physical examination physician postpartum present problems psychosis psychotherapy psychotic features psychotic symptoms Sadock BJ Sadock’s Synopsis schizoaffective disorder schizoid personality disorder schizophrenia seizures selective serotonin reuptake serotonin reuptake inhibitors sexual side effects sleep social phobia somatization disorder SSRIs stressors substance syndrome Synopsis of Psychiatry tests therapy trauma treated treatment weeks withdrawal woman