Cases That Test Your Skills
Cases That Test Your Skills
Hearing voices, time traveling, and being hit with a high-heeled shoe
Mr. P, age 47, is arrested after breaking into a stranger’s apartment. He cannot explain his behavior, but reports that his grandmother died...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Dementia, bizarre creatures, and a white knight to the rescue
Ms. L, age 78, experiences visual and tactile hallucinations of bizarre creatures in her home that are related to dementia with Lewy bodies. How...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Angry, inattentive, and sidelined
Y, age 16, is irritable, depressed, and has trouble concentrating. His grandfather recently died and he cannot play sports because of a history of...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Weakness and facial droop: Is it a stroke?
Ms. G, age 59, experiences sudden left-sided weakness and facial droop, but a medical workup does not reveal an organic cause. What could be...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Obsessed with Facebook
Mr. M, age 22, presents with paranoia and heightened agitation. He states that friends and family are talking about him ‘in analogies’ on Facebook...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Pregnant and catatonic
Mrs. K, age 42 and 31 weeks pregnant, presents with progressive mutism and psychomotor retardation. How would you treat her?
Cases That Test Your Skills
Psychotic and needing prayer
Cases That Test Your Skills
A teen who is wasting away
Cassandra, age 17, presents with weakness and muscle wasting, but medical workup is negative for any illness. Her father wants you to order more...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Psychotic and sexually deviant
During evaluation for psychotic symptoms, Mr. P, age 21, reveals that he has been viewing child pornography for 2 years, but has not acted on his...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Sleepless and paranoid
Mr. Q, age 44, presents with disorientation, paranoid delusions, and auditory and visual hallucinations that began after his sleep started to...
Cases That Test Your Skills
A taste for the unusual
Ms. O, age 48, has been vomiting for 3 days. She has a history of eating cardboard and pencils, but the urge became uncontrollable since gastric...