Iran Specialty Board Psychiatry case studies
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The Iran Specialty Board Examination in Psychiatry (بورد تخصصی روانپزشکی) is the national certifying assessment that physicians in Iran sit after completing psychiatry residency training. Passing it is what allows a psychiatrist to practise as a specialist and is normally required for hospital appointments, academic posts, and insurance or licensing arrangements. The Iran Specialty Board Psychiatry case studies are 5 cases and about 3,702 words.
1First-Episode Psychosis in a Young Man With Methamphetamine Use
A 23-year-old male engineering student is brought to the psychiatric emergency unit by his father. Over the past 7 months he has withdrawn from friends, abandoned his thesis, and spoken in tangential, at times incoherent sentences.
809 words, about 4 min2Mixed Features After Antidepressant Monotherapy in a Woman Planning Pregnancy
A 36-year-old married woman with two children, working as a schoolteacher, is referred by her gynecologist. She has had four major depressive episodes since age 20.
773 words, about 4 min3Postoperative Delirium Mistaken for Dementia in an Elderly Patient
A 74-year-old man is admitted to the orthopedic ward after surgical repair of a hip fracture sustained in a fall. On the third postoperative day the nursing staff report that he is awake at night, sees small animals running across the floor, and does not recognize his daughter.
697 words, about 3 min4Repeated Overdose, Capacity, and the Decision to Hold or Discharge
A 27-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by a neighbor after she ingested about 30 tablets of clonazepam 2 mg with a bottle of vodka. She called the neighbor herself 40 minutes later.
713 words, about 4 min5Childhood OCD With Tics, Family Accommodation, and School Refusal
An 11-year-old boy is brought by both parents to the child psychiatry clinic. For 14 months he has feared contamination: he washes his hands 30-40 times a day, refuses to touch door handles, and makes his mother wash his school bag each evening; rituals occupy about 2 hours daily.
710 words, about 4 min