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***In this case, I believe the final diagnosis is Bipolar I disorder, most recent episode depressed, severe with psychotic features QUESTION: What role does epigenetics AND genetics play in this disorder? Patient is a 20 yo female. She presented to the crisis center last night on a voluntary basis after a recommendation by her private psychiatrist. She reports being plagued with command auditory hallucination to cut her wrist with a razor or a knife and to kill her mother and boyfriend with a knife or a gun. She reports experiencing these command auditory hallucinations of a man’s voice at least 10 to 20 times daily for the past 2 weeks along with paranoid delusions of others laughing and talking about her. She denies any past or present suicide or homicide attempts. She denies access to weapons. She alleges that she has not been able to work for the past 2 weeks because of her symptoms. However, as per collateral from her mother, the patient has not been able to work consistently for the past 3 months due to multiple hospitalizations. The patient reports irritability, racing thoughts, feelings of sadness, lack of interest in usual activities, poor appetite, fatigue, lack of motivation, interrupted sleep of 4 hours per night, increased anxiety, and fears about the future for the past 2 weeks. She reports sporadic compliance with topiramate and risperidone for the past 2 weeks. She attributes the auditory hallucinations to medication changes from lithium and valproic acid to topiramate and risperidone due to her declining renal status. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder 5 years ago at age 15.

 
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