Psychotherapy Casebook

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April 12, 2018

Cognitive therapists spend a great deal of time establishing a relationship with everyone they treat. Some patients just want a friend to meet with and talk to. And, for...
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February 15, 2018

How do you approach a patient who has been diagnosed with cancer but refuses to undergo treatment? The latest Psychotherapy Casebook entry delves into this issue and offers guidance.
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November 23, 2017

What happens when a veteran who has always been in good health is faced with a life-threatening disease? In this issue of the Psychotherapy Casebook, Dr Schuyler discusses how...
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September 21, 2017

Caretakers often devote a significant part of their lives to taking care of a dying spouse but then must establish a new identity once their loved one passes on....
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August 10, 2017

In this Psychotherapy Casebook article, Dr Schuyler continues outlining his strategy for training third-year medical students about issues in palliative care. Read the article to find out how you...
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June 29, 2017

In this Psychotherapy Casebook article, Dr Schuyler outlines his strategy for training third-year medical students about issues in palliative care. By emphasizing the psychological role inherent in providing palliative...
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April 20, 2017

Those involved in palliative care suggest that referral should come much earlier in the patient's course, such as at the time of diagnosis of a severe medical illness. Here,...
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February 23, 2017

Palliative care involves addressing the needs of both end-of-life patients and their families. Here, read about Mrs A, the primary caretaker of her ill husband. Follow her journey as...
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December 29, 2016

Providers of palliative care suggest that the referral should come at the time of diagnosis of a severe medical illness, rather than later. Join Dr. Schuyler in developing a...
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October 13, 2016

Older individuals with chronic illness often suffer considerable anxiety thinking about their illness. Although chronic illness alone represents something patients often can do little to control, they can learn...
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July 21, 2016

Aging for many men and women poses problems they haven' t had to face before. Many people cannot continue to do what was successful in the past. Aging also...
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June 30, 2016

Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illnesses. In this article, the authors, a psychiatrist and a nurse...
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April 28, 2016

What would you do if you were diagnosed with cancer? Would you fight and attack it like an enemy? Or would you treat it as a part of yourself...
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February 11, 2016

Your patients' caretakers include more than the internists, residents, and clinicians you work with. Here, Dr Schuyler discusses his experiences working with some of the most important caretakers your...
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December 31, 2015

What happens when the patient is a doctor? Being a psychiatrist who recently experienced his first surgery and first hospitalization, Mr A blurs the line between health care provider...
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September 3, 2015

Have you ever felt demoralized? How did you recover from this state? Here, read about the case of Mr A, who responded with demoralization after being diagnosed with a...
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August 13, 2015

There are 2 complementary approaches to palliative care—that of the psychologically minded internist and that of the medically informed psychiatrist. Neither is right or wrong, and they both have...
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June 25, 2015

When a patient at the end of life decides to commit suicide, who is responsible? The physician? The family members? The goal of this case vignette and discussion is...
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April 30, 2015

Have you ever wondered "When will these thoughts go away?" Then, you should read about the case of Mr A, a 50 year-old man who experienced significant loss of...
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February 26, 2015

There is no clear clinical strategy for treating the agitated, acting-out, demented patient. Dr Meyers summarizes what is known and describes her experience with Mr A, a 71-year-old man...
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December 18, 2014

In this issue of our regular column, Dr Schuyler discusses the case of Mr A, a 77-year-old man who was being managed by a hospice when he started regular...
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October 15, 2014

Read about 2 patient cases that illustrate a looming problem and potential association for individuals with long-term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—the development of dementia. Both patients were veterans who...
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August 15, 2014

Here, Dr Coker illustrates the benefits of inpatient hospice care to a patient at the end of life and explores the challenges that he has encountered educating others about...
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June 15, 2014

Read this case presentation and discussion to find out how a palliative care approach helped Mr A, a 78-year-old veteran with end-stage cardiac disease and several medical comorbidities, have...
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