Fillers
A memorable patient
Straight from the patient's mouth
BMJ 2002; 325 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1169 (Published 16 November 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;325:1169
- Chittaranjan Andrade, additional professor, department of psychopharmacology
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
He was a 45 year old unemployed man living in a lower middle class joint family home in an urban area. He was referred for psychiatric evaluation by a private practitioner because he was depressed and irritable, he complained of sleep disturbance, and he described a constant clicking sound arising from the middle of his head. The last mentioned symptom evoked much interest, and I, the then junior resident in the unit, was instructed to present …
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