Rounds in the General Hospital
For hospitalized patients with complex medical or surgical problems who also demonstrate psychiatric symptoms, Dr Stern discusses diagnosis and management with members of the Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. These rounds reports will prove useful for clinicians practicing at the interface of medicine and psychiatry.
Rounds in the General Hospital
Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures: Evaluation and Management
January 3, 2025
Focal impaired awareness seizures can look like other psychiatric, neurological, and medical presentations, and due to the changes in affect, behavior, and cognition, are often misdiagnosed as a primary…
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Rounds in the General Hospital
Collaboration and Referral Between Internal Medicine and Psychiatry
February 26, 2015
Have you ever had a patient with active medical problems coupled with a problematic psychiatric disorder? If you have, then the following case vignette and discussion should prove useful…
Rounds in the General Hospital
The Management of Alcohol Use Disorders: The Impact of Pharmacologic, Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches
August 15, 2014
Have you ever wondered whether your patients truly understand the consequences of their substance abuse? Then, read about the case of Mr A, a 51-year-old former musician with chronic…
Rounds in the General Hospital
Psychotic Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Primer on Contemporary Evaluation and Management
April 13, 2014
Have you ever been unsure about whether a young person in your practice was psychotic or simply imaginative? Have you wondered how to evaluate such a patient and what…
Rounds in the General Hospital
Intoxications Associated With Agitation, Tachycardia, Hypertension, and Fever: Differential Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management
May 16, 2013
Have you ever wondered what prompts a patient to become suddenly and severely agitated, with prominent elevations in temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure? Have you been challenged by…
