A 35 years old male is brought in by his family because has been taking out various loan to start a few small business.Over the past 2 weeks,he come home at 3 a.m from work and leaves at 6 a.m. He often compares his business venture to those of bill gates. In the past he has had a few episode in which he felt hopeless and tried to commit suicide.
1) what is your provisional diagnosis
- bipolar 1 disorder
2) list out 3 psychopathology that you see in this patient
- decrease need of sleep
- increase in goal directed activity
- inflated self estemm
DSM-IV criteria to diagnose bipolar 1 disorder
- period of abnormal and persistently elevated,expansive,and irritable mood at least
1 weeks, including at least 3 of this symptoms :
- inflated self esteem and grandiosity
- distractibility
- talkative and pressure of speech
- increase in goal directed activity
- decrease need of sleep
- excessive involvement in pleasurable activity
- flight of idea
3) list 2 differential diagnosis for this patient
- major depressive disorder
- bipolar 1 disorder secondary to medication or substance use
(somatic antidepressan,ECT,light therapy can cause manic)
4) principle of management for this patient
- admit patient to the ward
- pharmacotherapy
- lithium,valproic acid, and carbamazepine(mood stabilizer)
- a typical antipsychotic(olanzapine)
- psychotherapy
- supportive psychotherapy(onset of lithium is about 5-7 days)
- family therapy(he may view differently after have psychopathology,must reduce the conflict and
must help all family members understand each other)
- group therapy(patient may gain insight into their own condition by listening to other)
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