A 21-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by his mother, who reported that the patient had been experiencing visual hallucinations and paranoia for the past 4 days.
A 73-year-old woman presented to a primary care office with a 1-week history of cough. Her cough was nonproductive and not associated with any sinonasal congestion or postnasal drainage.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the childhood mental health condition for which pharmacotherapy is best understood. But stimulants “fail” to assist many patients with ADHD, and this presents a...
To date, no treatment has been approved by the FDA for symptoms of psychosis or agitation in patients with dementia. For this reason, medications are being used off-label, and specific antipsychotic...
A 77-year-old man with a history of hypertension and bilateral cataracts presented for a geriatric falls assessment. A recent evaluation by his primary care provider for the onset of visual hallucinations...
A 14-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder was brought to the emergency department for increased agitation and aggressiveness for 1 week. While being evaluated, the boy developed a generalized...
Melinda S. Lantz, MD; Halina Kusz, MD, FACP; Anne Dohrenwend, PhD
When depression is diagnosed, it must be determined whether depression is affecting the patient’s decision-making capacity, particularly in end-of-life situations.
Eating disorders are chronic illnesses that often persist well into midlife and beyond, and include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and pathologic binge eating.
