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Adrenocortical suppression presenting with agitated depression, morbid jealousy, and a dementia-like state
F Hassanyeh1, R B Murray, H Rodgers
1Department of Psychiatry, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 66-year-old woman showed profound neuropsychiatric disturbance after withdrawal from prolonged corticosteroid treatment. Reintroduction of an alternative corticosteroid, at low dose, produced a return to premorbid mental state.