When Psychological Problems Mask Medical Disorders

Introduction I. A Review of Symptoms The Need for Evaluation Observing the Mental Status Appearance and Behavior Mood (Affect) Speech Content of Thought Intellectual Resources Insight and Judgment Personality Change Diagnostic Principles II. 66 Disorders Adrenal Insufficiency AIDS Altitude Sickness Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Antidiuretic Hormone, Inappropriate Secretion Brain Abscess Brain Tumor Cancer Carcinoid Syndrome Cardiac Arrhythmias Celiac Disease Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Congestive Heart Failure Cryptococcosis Cushing's Syndrome Diabetes Mellitus Epilepsy Fibromyalgia Heavy-Metal Toxicity Herpes Encephalitis Homocystinuria Huntington's Disease Hyperparathyroidism Hypertensive Encephalopathy Hyperthyroidism Hypoparathyroidism Hypothyroidism Kidney Failure Klinefelter's Syndrome Liver Failure Lyme Disease Ménière's Syndrome Menopause Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Migraine Mitral Valve Prolapse Multiple Sclerosis Myasthenia Gravis Neurocutaneous Disorders Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus Parasitism Parkinson's Disease Pellagra Pernicious Anemia Pheochromocytoma Pneumonia Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Porphyria Postoperative Delirium Premenstrual Syndrome Prion Disease Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Protein Energy Malnutrition Pulmonary Thromboembolism Rheumatoid Arthritis Sensory Deficit Sickle-Cell Disease Sleep Apnea Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal Syphilis Systemic Infection Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Thiamine Deficiency Traumatic Brain Injury Wilson's Disease III. Symptom Summaries