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Chapter 9 - Addiction Psychiatry

from Part II - Practice Stations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2021

By
Dan Cleall
Edited by
Dan Cleall ,
Samantha Perera  and
Christopher Travers
Dan Cleall
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Trainee, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Samantha Perera
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Trainee, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Christopher Travers
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Trainee, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

You are working in liaison psychiatry and have been asked to review Mrs Brenda Willows, a 64-year-old woman admitted to the orthopaedic ward. Mrs Willows is now in her third day of recovery following lumbar decompression surgery, and the ward nurses have expressed concerns that she has suddenly become confused, agitated, and tremulous.

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The Maudsley Trainee Guide to the CASC
Preparing for the MRCPsych CASC Examination
 , pp. 246 - 264
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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