Volume 37 · Number 8
AUGUST 2007
A Woman with Bipolar Disorder who had Thyroid Cancer
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This patient is neither non-compliant nor is she a substance abuser. This is a functioning bipolar patient who had onset of her bipolar illness at 15 years and had made two suicide attempts before she became under control on lithium. She has had some episodes of depression and did some self cutting at times when she was agitated, probably when in a mixed state. She was maintained on a therapeutic dose of lithium with a blood level of 1.0 to 1.2 and she was able to complete college and then get a job as a special education teacher.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jan Fawcett, MD, is Editor of Psychiatric Annals, and is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Address correspondence to: Jan Fawcett, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Room 416, 2400 Tucker Avenue NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131.
Dr. Fawcett disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: Abbott Laboratories: Member of Medical Advisory Board; and Eli Lilly: Member of Speakers’ Bureau.
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Please note, you must read all CME articles in this issue to take the CME Quiz.
The Magic of Large Numbers versus Clinical Experience
Jan Fawcett, MD
A 35-year-old Female Patient with Bipolar Disorder
Robert M. Post, MD
Dealing with Task Avoidance in a 23-year-old Woman with Failure to Thrive
Stephen P. McDermott, MD
Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Long-term Outcome of Treatment
Nahla Mahgoub, MD;
Michael Serby, MD
The Silent Victims: Effects of War and Terrorism on Child Development
Anas Alkhatib, MD;
Judy Regan, MD, MBA, JD;
Donna Barrett, MSN, APRN(BC)
