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Review: thyroid function in psychiatric illness.

M D Hein1, I M Jackson

  • 1Division of Endocrinology, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.

General Hospital Psychiatry
|July 1, 1990
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Highly sensitive thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) assays aid thyroid diagnosis but complicate interpretation in hospitalized patients with nonthyroidal illness. TSH testing is crucial for hypothyroidism, thyrotoxicosis, and psychiatric conditions, but variability requires careful clinical correlation.

Area of Science:

  • Endocrinology
  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Highly sensitive thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) assays have improved understanding of thyroid regulation.
  • Paradoxically, these advancements have led to complex variability in thyroid function tests for hospitalized patients with nonthyroidal illness (NTI).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To clarify the interpretation of thyroid function tests in various clinical scenarios, including hypothyroidism, thyrotoxicosis, NTI, and psychiatric disorders.
  • To highlight the diagnostic utility and limitations of TSH and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation tests.
  • To review the impact of psychiatric medications on thyroid function tests.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroxine (T4), and triiodothyronine (T3) levels in different patient populations.

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  • Review of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test results in depression.
  • Examination of thyroid function test patterns in nonthyroidal illness and acute psychiatric admissions.
  • Consideration of medication effects on thyroid function.

    • Main Results:

    • Elevated TSH is a sensitive index for primary hypothyroidism; early cases may show TSH hyperresponse to TRH stimulation.
    • Suppressed TSH confirms thyrotoxicosis with elevated T4/T3.
    • Depression is associated with a blunted TSH response to TRH in ~25% of cases, distinct from thyrotoxicosis.
    • Nonthyroidal illness shows low T3, variable T4, and typically normal or low TSH unless recovering from hypothyroidism.
    • Acute psychiatric admissions may exhibit hyperthyroxinemia with normal/high TSH, often normalizing spontaneously.
    • Medications like lithium, phenytoin, and carbamazepine can affect thyroid function tests.

    Conclusions:

    • Careful interpretation of TSH and other thyroid hormones is essential, especially in NTI and psychiatric patients.
    • TRH stimulation tests have limited diagnostic value for thyrotoxicosis but remain relevant for investigating depression.
    • Medication-induced thyroid dysfunction requires consideration in psychiatric patients with abnormal thyroid function tests.