03-04-2007, 11:23 AM
A 29-year-old woman is brought to the physician
by her father.
She has been working continuously without sleep for 3
days on a project
which she claims "Allah and Jesus have told me to do"
that will "unify
all knowledge in physics and medicine and philosophy."
She hears the
voice of her dead brother telling her that she will be
"the next Virgin
Mary." Her father states that she was treated for
depression for 1 year
at the age of 19 years. Which of the following is the
most likely
diagnosis?
A
) Bipolar disorder
B
) Borderline personality disorder
C
) Major depressive disorder
D
) Schizophrenia
E
) Substance-induced mood disorder
by her father.
She has been working continuously without sleep for 3
days on a project
which she claims "Allah and Jesus have told me to do"
that will "unify
all knowledge in physics and medicine and philosophy."
She hears the
voice of her dead brother telling her that she will be
"the next Virgin
Mary." Her father states that she was treated for
depression for 1 year
at the age of 19 years. Which of the following is the
most likely
diagnosis?
A
) Bipolar disorder
B
) Borderline personality disorder
C
) Major depressive disorder
D
) Schizophrenia
E
) Substance-induced mood disorder