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Psychotherapy Casebook

April 12, 2018

Cognitive therapists spend a great deal of time establishing a relationship with everyone they treat. Some patients just want a friend to meet with and talk to. And, for...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

February 15, 2018

How do you approach a patient who has been diagnosed with cancer but refuses to undergo treatment? The latest Psychotherapy Casebook entry delves into this issue and offers guidance.
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Psychotherapy Casebook

November 23, 2017

What happens when a veteran who has always been in good health is faced with a life-threatening disease? In this issue of the Psychotherapy Casebook, Dr Schuyler discusses how...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

September 21, 2017

Caretakers often devote a significant part of their lives to taking care of a dying spouse but then must establish a new identity once their loved one passes on....
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Psychotherapy Casebook

August 10, 2017

In this Psychotherapy Casebook article, Dr Schuyler continues outlining his strategy for training third-year medical students about issues in palliative care. Read the article to find out how you...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

June 29, 2017

In this Psychotherapy Casebook article, Dr Schuyler outlines his strategy for training third-year medical students about issues in palliative care. By emphasizing the psychological role inherent in providing palliative...

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Dose-Dependent Valproic Acid–Induced Hyperkalemia
Case Report

April 9, 2026

The authors present the case of a young man with bradycardia and Jacobs syndrome, in which a clear, dose-dependent relationship between valproic acid and hyperkalemia was observed.
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How to Document Complex Cases
Rounds in the General Hospital

April 9, 2026

Case presentations often drive differential diagnosis creation by what is said (and not said) and by whether information given is the "lead" or merely a (potentially interesting) tidbit.
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Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Its Association with Suicidal Ideation and Negative Affect
Original Research

April 8, 2026

Desire to self-harm was associated with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) episodes. Further, NSSI was related to higher negative affect and negative interpersonal experience, which decreased across follow-up.
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Psychotherapy Casebook

April 28, 2016

What would you do if you were diagnosed with cancer? Would you fight and attack it like an enemy? Or would you treat it as a part of yourself...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

February 11, 2016

Your patients' caretakers include more than the internists, residents, and clinicians you work with. Here, Dr Schuyler discusses his experiences working with some of the most important caretakers your...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

December 31, 2015

What happens when the patient is a doctor? Being a psychiatrist who recently experienced his first surgery and first hospitalization, Mr A blurs the line between health care provider...

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Using Natural Language Processing to Evaluate Differences in Psychotherapeutic Services for PTSD in a Suicide-Risk-Stratified Veteran Sample
Original Research

April 8, 2026

Psychotherapeutic care for PTSD differed for patients who did and did not die by suicide, suggesting the importance of developing risk-tier-specific care.
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Bridging Research and Reality in Mental Health Care with A. John Rush, MD
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April 7, 2026

A. John Rush, MD, explores how measurement-based care and pragmatic trial design can bridge the gap between psychiatric research and clinical practice.
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Succinylcholine Misuse in a Health Care Worker
Case Report

April 7, 2026

A health care worker with a history of PTSD and substance use misused succinylcholine for stress relief and sleep, highlighting the risks of occupational access to high-risk medications among...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

April 20, 2017

Those involved in palliative care suggest that referral should come much earlier in the patient's course, such as at the time of diagnosis of a severe medical illness. Here,...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

February 23, 2017

Palliative care involves addressing the needs of both end-of-life patients and their families. Here, read about Mrs A, the primary caretaker of her ill husband. Follow her journey as...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

December 29, 2016

Providers of palliative care suggest that the referral should come at the time of diagnosis of a severe medical illness, rather than later. Join Dr. Schuyler in developing a...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

October 13, 2016

Older individuals with chronic illness often suffer considerable anxiety thinking about their illness. Although chronic illness alone represents something patients often can do little to control, they can learn...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

July 21, 2016

Aging for many men and women poses problems they haven' t had to face before. Many people cannot continue to do what was successful in the past. Aging also...
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Psychotherapy Casebook

June 30, 2016

Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illnesses. In this article, the authors, a psychiatrist and a nurse...
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