One of the most prevalent neurological symptoms in COVID-19 patients is anosmia, which may be brought on by extensive olfactory receptor downregulation. Doctors may prescribe antibiotics, antihistamines, and other drugs to treat a patient’s anosmia, depending on the underlying reasons of the condition.

A fascinating case with “Ms. D,” a licensed registered nurse who, as as part of her job, was assigned to work with “Dr. K,” a pediatric neurologist. One of the patients they cared for was a middle-school aged child who suffered from seizures. Learn more details of the case and what happened after Ms. D found out the divorced parents had two different neurologists prescribing two different medications.

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, a member of the steering committee for the Psych Congress, and co-authors Huy-Binh Nguyen, PhD, and Mousam Parikh, both of AbbVie, respond to inquiries regarding their study, which discovered a discrepancy between treatment recommendations and the prescription habits of clinicians treating bipolar disorder. The study’s motivation, the most important findings, and suggestions for doctors treating bipolar disorder who want to follow the most recent treatment recommendations are covered in Part 1 of this Q&A.

Many traditional mental health treatments are now viewed as being risky, intrusive, and barbarous in comparison to modern science because healthcare has advanced significantly over time. Here are five of the most extreme treatments for mental illness in recorded history, along with an examination of how some of them influenced more reputable approaches used in modern therapies.

A 57-year-old woman is evaluated for a 4-month history of progressive exertionaldyspnea and occasional chest pain and palpitations. She has limited cutaneoussystemic sclerosis with Raynaud phenomenon and gastroesophageal refluxdisease. Click to see the physical and lab results and see if you can choose the bestnext step.

A 66-year-old male presented with a 5-day history of progressive shortness of breath,right-sided pleurisy, and productive cough. He also has night sweats and malaise, but nofevers, chills, or hemoptysis. Review his medical history and choose your course ofaction.