A case of Hashimoto's encephalopathy manifesting as psychosis [6]

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-319

  Gómez Bernal, Germán Jorge ^a   Reboreda, Alejandra ^a   Romero, Fernando ^a   Bernal, Milagros M ^b   Gómez, Francisco ^b  

^a Hospital Psiquiatrico Teruel Unidad Media Estancia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34547656095     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v09n0411f     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Haggerty JJ Jr, Evans DL, Golden RN, et al. The presence of antithyroid antibodies in patients with affective and nonaffective psychiatric disorders. Biol Psychiatry 1990;27:51-60
2. Kupka RW, Nolen WA, Post RM. High rate of autoimmune thyroiditis in bipolar disorder: lack of association with lithium exposure. Biol Psychiatry 2002;51:305-311
3. Arrojo M, Perez-Rodriguez MM, Mota M, et al. Psychiatric presentation of Hashimoto's encephalopathy. Psychosom Med 2007;69: 200-201
4. Mussig K, Bartels M, Gallwitz B, et al. Hashimoto's encephalopathy presenting with bipolar affective disorder. Bipolar Disord 2005;7:292-297
5. Mocellin R, Lubman DI, Lloyd J, et al. Reversible dementia with psychosis: Hashimoto's encephalopathy. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2006;60:761-763