Season 1 Episode 8

Free Will

Air date: Jun 26, 2014

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

2 cases identified

Case 1

Headaches and Hearing Voices

A patient complains of headaches and hearing voices.

Episode shows: A patient complains of headaches and hearing voices.
Clinical takeaway: Headaches and Hearing Voices is included because episode evidence supports a concrete neurologic, psychiatric, surgical, trauma, infection, vision, palliative, opioid-safety, or care-safety issue.

Accuracy 3.7/5headaches-hearing-voicesmental-health

Case 2

Alien Hand Syndrome

Catherine takes on a patient diagnosed with Alien Hand Syndrome.

Episode shows: Catherine takes on a patient diagnosed with Alien Hand Syndrome.
Clinical takeaway: Alien Hand Syndrome is included because episode evidence supports a concrete neurologic, psychiatric, surgical, trauma, infection, vision, palliative, opioid-safety, or care-safety issue.

Accuracy 3.7/5alien-hand-syndromemental-health

About the Episode

Doctor Hartramph refers a patient to The Cube after he complains of headaches and hearing voices. His vivid hallucinations take control of him driving him to strike out with a violent intrusion on the hospital. Catherine takes on a patient diagnosed with Alien Hand Syndrome and struggles to get her relationship back on track with Will.

Medical Relevance

A full clinical context review has not been generated for this episode yet.

The Medical Verdict

Final editorial assessment will be added after review.