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MENTAL HANDICAP, PSYCHOSIS AND THYROTOXICOSIS: A DEMONSTRATION OF THE USEFULNESS OF AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY AND HOSPITAL SERVICE
Author(s) -
Mayer Christopher
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1985.tb00338.x
Subject(s) - citation , psychiatry , service (business) , psychology , medicine , library science , computer science , economy , economics
A case is described of a moderately mentally handicapped woman referred to the local community mental handicap team with a diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder--manic phase. There was a possible association between her manic state and hyperthyroidism. Assessment and management were complicated by the development of neuroleptic-induced catatonia. The desirability of access to a local general psychiatric unit is discussed.