Psychiatry and Mental Health

A 67-year-old man has become withdrawn and stopped eating over six weeks. He says his organs have rotted and that his family will be financially ruined because…

A 30-year-old woman is brought by her partner 10 days after giving birth. For four nights she has slept for less than two hours, says the infant has been exchan…

A 35-year-old woman at 31 weeks’ gestation has six weeks of low mood, guilt and early-morning waking. During the past week she has stopped eating, believes her…

A 27-year-old man with no previous psychiatric history is brought to hospital by his family after two weeks of little sleep, expansive business plans and increa…

A 46-year-old man with recurrent major depression tells his general practitioner that he intends to take all his prescribed medicines after his partner leaves f…

A 29-year-old man with schizophrenia is brought to the emergency department after threatening another patient. He is pacing, shouting and clenching his fists; h…

A 24-year-old university student commenced sertraline 50 mg daily three weeks ago for a depressive episode. His flatmates bring him to the emergency department…

A 46-year-old woman with bipolar disorder has been stable on lithium carbonate for five years. She presents with two days of nausea, vomiting and unsteadiness o…

A 17-year-old girl is admitted for nutritional rehabilitation. She weighs 39 kg with a height of 168 cm, having lost 15 kg over six months through severe dietar…

A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after taking 20 paracetamol tablets following an argument. He is medically cleared and a psychiatric as…

A 28-year-old man with schizophrenia that failed to respond to two previous antipsychotics has been taking clozapine for four months with good effect. He presen…

A 52-year-old man is admitted to hospital after a fall at home and is managed with analgesia and bed rest. Thirty-six hours after admission he becomes restless…