Cases: mood disorders
Chapter 14
Cases: mood disorders
5 topics
- Case 4: A widower who would rather join his wifeA 49-year-old man who, five months after his wife died, still feels low and irritable, has almost stopped eating and says he would rather be with her.
- Case 5: A woman sure she has stomach cancer despite a normal gastroscopyA 42-year-old woman, tired and sleeping badly for months, who is certain she has stomach cancer and cannot see why her GP has sent her to a psychiatrist.
- Case 8: A teenager who says she can heal everyoneA 19-year-old woman, brought to the outpatient clinic by her parents, who has hardly slept for days and says she can heal everyone.
- Case 17: A young man with a plan to stop global warmingA 22-year-old man who for three weeks has hardly slept, drinks heavily, spends and gambles freely, and says he has a project to stop global warming.
- Case 24: An accountant who expects to be put on trial for her mistakesA 30-year-old accountant, low for a month and waking early, who is sure she will be put on trial for mistakes her colleagues say she never made.