Structured case conference for sleep disturbances in nursing home residents with cognitive impairmentAbstract:Background: Nursing home residents living with cognitive impairment often suffer from sleep disturbances. ...
Summary:“There was nothing which could stop me!” Case report of an imitation suicide by a 14-yearold girlWe present the case of a 14-yearold girl who imitated the railway suicide of her boyfriend as a problem-solving strategy. Theories about the ...
Summary:Agranulocytosis in a schizophrenic child receiving clozapine therapy - clinical picture and therapy, a case reportObjectives: The indication of clozapine therapy is governed by special guidelines due to a 1%-3 % risk of clozapine-induced ...
Early Psychosis versus Childhood Autism? Differential Diagnosis Based on a One-Week Inpatient Observation PeriodSummary: We report on the case of a 4-yearold child suffering for the past six months from a lingering psychotic development. Several months ...
Symptom or Disease? The Exhausting Life of an Adolescent with Chronic FatigueSummary: This case report presents the assessment of a 16-year old boy with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Questions on the etiology, dynamics, diagnostics and treatment of ...
Iatrogenic vascular injuries from external fixation in orthopaedics and traumatology are frequent. Three cases of vascular injuries after the treatment with Ilizarov external fixators were treated at our institution. These include two cases of ...
Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Shopping Disorder: A CasuistryAbstract:Background: Although buying-shopping disorder was described as oniomania by Kraepelin (1909) more than 100 years ...
Zusammenfassung. Problem: Der Fallbericht behandelt ein unbefriedigendes Schmerzmanagement eines 44-jährigen Patienten nach einem Herz-Kreislauf-Stillstand mit anschließender Reanimation. Der Patient ist (1) in seinem Bewusstsein eingeschränkt, (2) ...
Zusammenfassung: Dieser Beitrag stellt einen 57-jährigen Patienten dar, der mit einer Demenzdiagnose in der psychosomatischen Abteilung einer Rehabilitationsklinik angemeldet wurde. Die Demenzdiagnose wurde in der neurologischen Abteilung einer Akutklinik ...
Comorbidity of Mental Disorders Caused Organically and Nonorganically - A Case ReportAbstract. Given their particular frequency rates, the probability that various mental disorders coincide in patients with acquired brain damage is high. A patient is ...
Longitudinal Follow-Up of Neuropsychological Deficits in a Patient at Risk of Psychosis: A Case ReportAbstract: This case report describes the case of an 18-year old man, who was referred to our center for early diagnosis of suspected psychosis. We ...
Primary Progressive Aphasia: Canonical and Non-canonical forms? A Case ReportWe present linguistic and neuropsychological findings of a case of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) which was followed up for more than 60 months. The aphasia was fluent, with ...
Day Care Treatment of Two Sibling with Selective MutismSummary:Objectives: This case report deals with the day care treatment of two seven- and eight-year-old siblings with elective mutism. Their treatment entails a combination of psychopharmacological ...
Mother-Child Interaction disorder secondary to maternal depression - Chances and limitations of in-patient therapySummary: Described is the diagnostic, in-patient-treatment and evaluation of a mother-child-interaction disorder by a maternal depression. ...
Severe early-childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder - Case report on a 4-year-old girlSummary:Objectives: OCD is seldom diagnosed in children younger than six years of age. The present report deals with the diagnosis and therapy of OCD at a very early ...
Psychiatric disorders after early brain damage in children and adolescents - four case reportsSummary: Neuropsychological assessment is an important diagnostic tool that can provide additional information for diagnosing mental disorders during childhood ...