Psychogenic polydipsia review: Etiology, differential, and treatment

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 236-241

  Dundas, Brian ^b   Harris, Melissa ^b   Narasimhan, Meera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; CLOZAPINE; CONIVAPTAN; DEMECLOCYCLINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; ENALAPRIL; FLUOXETINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; IRBESARTAN; LITHIUM; MANNITOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASOPRESSIN; WATER;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; POLYDIPSIA; POLYDIPSIA NERVOSA; POLYURIA; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THIRST; THYROID DISEASE; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER INTOXICATION;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRINKING; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLYURIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 34250213860     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-007-0025-7     Document Type: Review

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