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[Psychotic manifestation of hypothyroidism. A case report]
E M Haberfellner1, H Rittmannsberger, E Windhager
1Psychiatrische Abteilung Sektor 3, Wagner-Jauregg-Krankenhaus des Landes Oberösterreich, Linz.
Der Nervenarzt
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
The case of a young woman is reported, who was treated one and a half years with psychopharmacologic agents and psychotherapy until hypothyroidism was diagnosed. Initially the psychopathology with prominent though disorders led to a tentative diagnosis of schizophrenia. Under administration of thyroid hormone the patient was free of psychiatric and somatic symptoms within 3 months. Problems of diagnosis, therapy and prognosis are discussed in relation of the literature.