Katherine Cornish MF4 Brain and Behaviour
Activity
Tutorial
Tutorial
Katherine is a 16-year-old female attending high school who presents to you with complaints of depressed mood, increased appetite, and weight gain of 30 pounds. She lives with her parents and is an only child. Her mother indicates that her problems started less than one year ago when she was admitted to the hospital for several weeks after fighting at school. She was getting less than 4 hours of sleep for ten days because she was working on her new YouTube videos about fashion. She started getting suspicious of her family and friends, believing they were trying to poison her, so she stopped eating and lost 10 pounds in less than a week. She had several days of irritability and agitation to the point of pacing all night for three nights in a row before her admission. She was also yelling at family and friends (on her cellphone) all hours of the night. She had been using marijuana daily for about two years leading up to this hospitalization but stopped using while in hospital. She has not returned to marijuana use. Her psychiatrist treated Katherine with lithium 1200 mg po qhs and olanzapine 10 mg po qhs in hospital. She stopped her olanzapine after about two months but remained on the lithium. She had been taking her medications consistently until she gained 30 pounds. She is 5’4” and weighs 170 pounds.
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 1
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
General Objectives
- Medication adverse effects and substance use.
- Depressed mood or anhedonia.
- Describe common symptoms of depression, bipolar disorder and mixed states.
- Compare and contrast unipolar versus bipolar depression.
- Describe the different categories of drugs used to treat depression, their efficacy and adverse effects.
- Explain the role of the HPA Axis in stress-related medical conditions with psychiatric sequelae.
- Explain the effects of mood stabilizers and antipsychotic medications on metabolic disturbances.
Global Objectives
Assessments
End-Unit Tutorial Assessment
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)
Tags
Basic Sciences
Adverse effects
Nutrition
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour
Medical Foundation 4
Part 4
Week 1
Curriculum Week
Part 4
Discipline
Endocrinology
Nutritional Sciences
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Depressed Mood
Mania / Hypomania
Weight Gain, Obesity
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests.
1.2 Organize and prioritize responsibilities to provide care that is safe, effective, and efficient
1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment
1.5 Develop and carry out patient management plans
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Weight Gain [G07.345.249.314.120.200.926]
Adolescent Psychiatry [F04.096.544.065]
Adolescent [M01.060.057]
Affective Disorders, Psychotic [F03.600.150]
Antipsychotic Agents [D27.505.696.277.950.040]
Antipsychotic Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.872.331]
Benzodiazepines [D03.438.079.080]
Binge-Eating Disorder [F03.400.188]
Bipolar Disorder [F03.600.150.150]
Cannabis [B06.388.100.175.500]
Depression [F01.145.126.350]
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions [C25.100]
Feeding and Eating Disorders [F03.400]
Medication Therapy Management [N04.590.661]
Mood Disorders [F03.600]
Obesity [C18.654.726.500]
Obesity [C23.888.144.699.500]
Obesity [G07.100.100.160.120.699.500]