Description
Book SynopsisThis new selection of clinical stories, covers treatments that work, or fail, and mistakes made along the journey. Designed with a distinctive user-friendly presentation and making use of icons, questions/answers and tips, they address complex issues in an understandable way and with direct relevance to the everyday experience of clinicians.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; List of icons; Abbreviations; 1. The case: achieving remission with medication management augmented with pet therapy; 2. The case: the luteal, jaw moving woman with paranoid paneling; 3. The case: the other lady with a moving jaw; 4. The case: the lady with MDD who bought an RV; 5. The case: the PCP who went the prescribing distance but came up short; 6. The case: intrusions, ammonia, and dyskinesias, oh my; 7. The case: the lady and the man who sat on couches; 8. The case: the lady who had her diagnosis altered; 9. The case: the man who picked things up; 10. The case: it worked this time, but with a hitch; 11. The case: the figment of a man who looked upon on the lady; 12. The case: the man who couldn't sell anymore; 13. The case: the woman who thought she was ill, then was ill; 14. The case: generically speaking, generics are OK; 15. The case: the woman who wouldn't leave her car; 16. The case: the woman who liked late night TV; 17. The case: the patient who interacted with everything; 18. The case: the angry twins; 19. The case: anxiety, depression, or prebipolaring?; 20. The case: the patient who wasn't lyming; 21. The case: hindsight is always 20/20 or ADHD; 22. The case: this one's too hot, this one's too cold… this one is just right; 23. The case: schizophrenia patient needs sleep; 24. The case: the man with greasy hands needs fine tuning; 25. The case: the combative business woman; 26. The case: the man with a little bit of everything; 27. The case: oops, he fell off the curve; 28. The case: 54-year-old with recurrent depression and 'psychiatric' Parkinsonism; 29. The case: 55-year-old with depression not responsive to serotonergic treatment; 30. The case: 23-year-old with first depression… that's it!; Index of drug names; Index of case studies.
