Iraqi Board Psychiatry case studies
Iraqi Board Psychiatry · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Iraqi Board in Psychiatry (البورد العراقي في الطب النفسي) is a postgraduate specialty qualification awarded through the Iraqi Board of Medical Specialties (IBMS). It is intended for physicians who have completed medical school and are training, or intend to train, as specialists in psychiatry, and it is the credential Iraqi hospitals, teaching institutions and health directorates typically look for when appointing a consultant-level psychiatrist. The Iraqi Board Psychiatry case studies are 5 cases and about 4,705 words.
1Bipolar I disorder in an unplanned pregnancy: whose risk do you weigh?
A 27-year-old woman with bipolar I disorder attends the outpatient clinic with an ultrasound-confirmed 8-week pregnancy. She has had three manic episodes, two with psychotic features, and one severe depressive episode with a serious overdose at age 22, at which time she was taking no prophylaxis.
951 words, about 5 min2A serotonergic collision on a respiratory ward
A 61-year-old retired teacher with osteoarthritis and no psychiatric history is admitted with community-acquired pneumonia. He has taken sertraline 100 mg each morning for six years after a depressive episode and tramadol 200 mg daily in divided doses; both are continued on admission.
917 words, about 5 min3A 16-year-old with severe anorexia who refuses to be fed
A 16-year-old girl is admitted to the paediatric ward after her mother found her collapsed at home. She weighs 34 kg and is 1.61 m tall (BMI 13.2).
1,007 words, about 5 min4Fluctuating cognition, visions and one dose of haloperidol
A 77-year-old retired accountant is brought by his daughter because of two years of 'not being himself'. He has episodes of staring blankly for minutes and then carrying on as if nothing happened, and his alertness varies from day to day.
894 words, about 4 min5Withdrawal, Wernicke risk and a cirrhotic liver
A 44-year-old unemployed builder is admitted after vomiting a large volume of fresh blood. He has drunk about 25 units of alcohol daily for 20 years and his last drink was 36 hours ago.
936 words, about 5 min