Volume 37 · Number 1
JANUARY 2007
A 60-year-old Woman with Avoidant Personality Disorder
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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.
PATIENT HISTORY
Mrs. B is a 60-year-old woman who was referred for psychiatric evaluation by her primary care physician. The patient is a native of Russia and immigrated to the United States at age 3 with her parents and younger brother. She is unemployed, divorced, and mother of two sons.
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.
Catatonia, Past and Present
Jan Fawcett, MD
Expanding Horizons in Catatonia Research
Stanley N. Caroff, MD;
Gabor S. Ungvari, MD
Catatonia in Children and Adolescents
Françoise Cornic, MD;
Angèle Consoli, MD;
David Cohen, MD, PhD
Catatonia as a Subtype of Schizophrenia
Thomas Stompe, MD;
Kristina Ritter, MD;
Hans Schanda, MD
Genetic Correlates of the Nosology of Catatonia
Gerald Stöber, MD
Catatonia in French Psychiatry: Implications of the Zolpidem Challenge Test
Pierre Thomas, MD;
Olivier Cottencin, MD;
Claire Rascle, MD;
Guillaume Vaiva, MD;
Michel Goudemand, MD;
Jacques Bieder, MD
Catatonia and Prediction of Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy
Stanley N. Caroff, MD;
Gabor S. Ungvari, MD;
Mahendra T. Bhati, MD;
Catherine J. Datto, MD, MS;
John P. O’Reardon, MD
