Case #24

Authors:

Case composed May 2001

Michael S. Lehman, M.D.
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Penn State College of Medicine, 2000-2001

Resident, Department of Psychiatry
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 1999-2000

Graduate of Penn State College of Medicine, Class of 1999

Faculty reviewers:

Shou Ling Leong, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Penn State University College of Medicine

Sources for Both Anxiety Cases: 

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Sixth Edition. Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD. Appleton and Lange,1995.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). American Psychiatric Association, 1994. 

Gliatto, Michael F. MD.  “Generalized Anxiety Disorder.” American Family Physician, October 1, 2000.

Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Therapy. Third Edition. Steven E. Hyman, George W. Arana, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum. Little, Brown and Company, 1995. 

Interview Guide for Evaluating DSM-IV Psychiatric Disorders and the Mental Status Examination.  Mark Zimmerman, M.D.  Psych Products Press, 1994. 

Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry. Eighth Edition. Harold I. Kaplan, MD and Benjamin J. Sadock, MD Williams and Wilkins, 1998. 

Longo, Lance P. M.D. and Brian Johnson. “Addiction: Part I. Benzodiazepines – Side Effects, Abuse Risk and Alternatives.” American Academy of Family Physicians, April 1, 2000. 

Manual of Psychiatric Emergencies. Third Edition. Steven E. Hyman, MD and George E. Teaser MD. Little, Brown and Company, 1994. 

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry. Fourth Edition. Ned H. Cassem, Theodore A. Stern, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, Michael S. Jellinek. Mosby, 1997.

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