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Module: Mental Health
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- Weight loss in an immigrant girl
- She's just putting it on
- I just don't know how to help my wife anymore!
- A confused family
- I think I am going to die
- Sonia - an emergency department presentation
- Unusual behaviour in a middle-aged woman
- A new family to town
- Cate and Allen
- But she was good as gold a few days ago!
- But he really is a good man
- A young man and his black dog
- I have very important work to do, please let me do it!
- I wish this would all be over
- A man on a mission
- I am not well
- Was it a serious suicide attempt?
Weight loss in an immigrant girl
Author(s):
Dr Richard Seamark,
Consultant Psychiatrist.
Professor Philippa Hay,
Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Western Sydney.
Overview:
This case focuses on the diagnosis and management of eating disorders. The graduating student is expected to be able to diagnose an eating disorder and deal with any immediate threats to health or life. Longer term management is usually dealt with by a psychiatrist in collaboration with a team of other mental health professionals.
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