Volume 36 · Number 12
DECEMBER 2006
A 28-year-old Woman with Suicidal Ideation
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Editor’s Note: This monthly presentation describes a case of a psychiatric disorder, discusses past treatment attempts, offers options for continuing treatment, and explains the reasons the solution was selected. Submissions of interesting psychiatric case reports are welcomed. Please e-mail Mary E. Archer, ELS, Executive Editor at [email protected] for further information.
The patient was a 28-year-old white woman who was unemployed, divorced, did not have children, and lived alone. She presented to the emergency room with the chief compliant of “I feel depressed, I am not afraid to die.” She was diagnosed with depression at age 20 and she received psychotherapy. She reported history of two prior psychiatric hospitalizations in 2003 because of depression, suicidal thoughts, and self-mutilating behavior.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Nahla Mahgoub, MD, is geriatric psychiatry fellow, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY. Asghar Hossain, MD, DFAPA, is chief, Geriatric Psychiatry, Bergen Regional Medical Center, Paramus, NJ; associate professor of psychiatry, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica; and assistant professor of psychiatry, St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada.
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To Sleep, Perchance to…Awaken
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Sleep Disorders
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The Basics for Psychiatrists: An Overview of Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Psychiatric Medications’ Effects on Sleep
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Sleep in the Substance-using Population
Paul G. Casola, MD, PhD, FRCPC;
R. Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD;
Jeff Daiter, MD, CCFP, FCFP;
Michael Varenbut, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Sleep Complications in Depression, Anxiety, and Psychotic Disorders and Their Treatment
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Paul Casola, MD;
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Assessment and Treatment of Sleep Problems
Paul G. Casola, MD, PhD, FRCPC;
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