Open AccessEpisodic Mood Changes Preceding an Exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Priya Sharma,
Sarah A. Morrow,
Richard Owen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.15br01815
Subject(s) - exacerbation , mood , multiple sclerosis , psychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry
Multiple sclerosis is a neurologic inflammatory disease that can manifest with psychiatric symptoms. Although depression is the most common psychiatric diagnosis in patients with multiple sclerosis, how depression develops is not fully understood. We present the case of an individual who displayed episodic mood changes preceding an exacerbation of multiple sclerosis symptoms. The clinical and research implications of this association are discussed.