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Volume 16, suplement 1

Case report

Organic anxiety disorder in a 29-year-old male patent: case report

Magdalena Jaszke1, Aneta Ślęzak1, Jerzy Matysiakiewicz1, Robert T. Hese1
1. Katedra i Oddział Kliniczny Psychiatrii w Tarnowskich Górach Śląskiej Akademii Medycznej Wydziału Lekarskiego w Zabrzu
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2007; 16, suplement 1 (21): 21-22
Keywords: organic anxiety disorders, case report

Abstract

Objective. To present diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in a patient diagnosed with organic anxiety disorder

Case. A 29-year-old male patent with epilepsy and a history of encephalopathy in early childhood was admitted to a Psychiatry Ward on a motion for his compulsory treatment brought by the family and supported by the guardianship court.

Commentary. The importance of hospitalization was highlighted in cases where possibilities of outpatient diagnostics are limited.