Blurring the boundaries of organic and functional psychosis
| Autor: | Debolina Chowdhury, Mamidipalli Sai Spoorthy, Swaroopa Vasant LungePatil, Parul Gupta |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Annals of Indian Psychiatry, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 186-188 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2588-8358 2588-8366 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/aip.aip_58_22 |
| Popis: | Organic and non-organic illnesses may present with uncommon symptoms. In some cases, the presenting atypical symptoms make a prompt and accurate diagnosis difficult. Accordingly, unequivocal psychotic and affective symptoms also require adequate evaluation before determining the diagnosis and management. Here we present a case whose presenting symptoms strongly suggested an organic etiology, namely autoimmune psychosis, but failed to be diagnosed as such through laboratory tests and didn't respond to appropriate treatment. Re-evaluation of the case revealed significant past psychiatric history, suggesting functional psychosis but the patient did not respond to anti-psychotic medications either. This case therefore highlights the importance of complete unbiased work-up for all psychoses. |
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