08-19-2014, 01:19 PM
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A 32-year-old engineer is brought to the clinic by his supervisor. He has been noted by his colleagues to have been uncharacteristically active for the past several weeks. He seems to spend most of his time at the plant and gets little sleep. He has told another engineer that he is involved "in a research project that will earn me the Nobel Prize." Large amounts of expensive research equipment continue to arrive at his office. No one seems to know exactly what is going on because he is irritable, and it is hard to hold his attention. A classmate from graduate school recalls that the patient behaved in a similar way several times when he was in school. The patient's behavior is most consistent with a diagnosis of which of the following?
A) Alcoholism
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Cocaine abuse
D) Professional burnout syndrome
E) Schizophrenia
A 32-year-old engineer is brought to the clinic by his supervisor. He has been noted by his colleagues to have been uncharacteristically active for the past several weeks. He seems to spend most of his time at the plant and gets little sleep. He has told another engineer that he is involved "in a research project that will earn me the Nobel Prize." Large amounts of expensive research equipment continue to arrive at his office. No one seems to know exactly what is going on because he is irritable, and it is hard to hold his attention. A classmate from graduate school recalls that the patient behaved in a similar way several times when he was in school. The patient's behavior is most consistent with a diagnosis of which of the following?
A) Alcoholism
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Cocaine abuse
D) Professional burnout syndrome
E) Schizophrenia