Part I: Answer the following questions
1. What medications are considered first-line best practices for treating anxiety? How long can they expect these medications to take full effect? Alternative to use?
2. What therapy would be indicated for someone with anxiety?
3. What do you need to assess before prescribing a benzodiazepine? What special considerations should be given and discussed with the patient?
Part II: please answer the following questions about Body Dysmorphic Disorder
1. How would you define the disorder?
2. What signs/symptoms would one see in the patient that demonstrate the disorder?
3. What are the main DSM-5 criteria for this disorder?
4. What are the top 3 differential diagnoses for this disorder from the DSM-5? Any differential diagnoses (Include a short line indicating why each one should be considered for the case)
5. What medications would you use? Why? Black box warnings? Do not forget labs to rule out most organic causes of anxiety.
6. What type of therapy would you recommend for this patient?
7. What do you see as the possible outcomes for this patient?
8. What are the 5 components of a suicide risk assessment (From the PowerPoint/Kaltura in Week1) that the patient needs to be asked?