FOCUS Patient Management Exercises in Psychiatry

Introduction. How to use this book and how to earn CME credit. Schizophrenia: you are touching the door. Bipolar disorder: I’m afraid he’s going to quit his job for no reason. Major depressive disorder: my life doesn’t add up. Depressive disorder and suicide: I’m so sick of this. Anxiety disorders: a keyed-up paper chaser. Obsessive-compulsive disorder: I cannot get the thought out of my head. Panic disorder: I can’t take chances on my heart. Personality disorders: the construction of a young woman. Delirium: here today, gone tomorrow. Child and adolescent psychiatry: scheduling time to raise the “perfect” daughter. Child and adolescent psychiatry: what do you expect? My house is whacko. Substance abuse: get me a doctor who knows what he’s doing. Sleep, sex, and eating disorders: can you keep a secret? Gender, race and culture: how to exorcise in the emergency room. Psychotherapy: why must you be such an angry young man? Psychopharmacology: it’s like squeezing the end of a garden hose.
Ronald C. Albucher, M.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University and Director of Stanford’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center in Palo Alto, California.B. Harrison Levine, M.D., M.P.H., is Assistant Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado.