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See all in the bankA 58-year-old interstate truck driver has had two unprovoked generalised tonic-clonic seizures in the past month and a diagnosis of epilepsy has been confirmed…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 55-year-old man with severe depression is admitted after refusing food and fluids for several days. He understands that electroconvulsive therapy has been rec…
Pre-internship · common
A 36-year-old man with schizophrenia attends with his sister after stopping risperidone. He hears a voice commenting on his actions but is calm, has no thoughts…
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A 20-year-old university student with bipolar disorder is admitted voluntarily during a manic episode. She has capacity and agrees that her sister may be told t…
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A 56-year-old man with severe depression has decision-making capacity and agrees that electroconvulsive therapy may be appropriate. Before signing consent, he a…
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A 34-year-old man with major depression tells his general practitioner that he has thought about dying and has imagined taking an overdose. He has no tablets at…
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A 42-year-old woman with recurrent bipolar disorder has made a written advance statement saying that she would want lithium during a future manic relapse. She i…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 29-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes refuses her evening insulin after becoming convinced that the injections are being used to poison her. She can repeat t…
Pre-internship · common
An 84-year-old woman who lives alone is found to have a 2.5 cm breast mass, and core biopsy shows invasive carcinoma. The surgeon has recommended wide local exc…
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A 24-year-old man presents with four days of fever, a runny nose, red watery eyes and a dry cough, ten days after returning from Bali. This morning a blotchy re…
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A 79-year-old retired farmer was diagnosed with Alzheimer disease eight months ago. At that time you advised him and his family that he should stop driving, and…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl attends alone requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill. She has recently become sexually active with her 16-year-old boyfriend and the…
Pre-internship · middle twist