12-30-2010, 09:24 AM
A 25-year-old female has recently had her first psychotic break. After many months of therapy, she has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. She has been responding well to her inpatient olanzapine regimen, and you would like to continue this medication with her while following her in the outpatient setting. Which of the following features of her family history would be of the greatest concern to you?
A Aunt with ovarian cancer
B Father with myocardial infarction at age 65
C Hypertension in mother and maternal grandmother
D Three first-degree relatives with type II diabetes mellitus
E Two siblings with phenylketonuria
A Aunt with ovarian cancer
B Father with myocardial infarction at age 65
C Hypertension in mother and maternal grandmother
D Three first-degree relatives with type II diabetes mellitus
E Two siblings with phenylketonuria