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Psychosis after withdrawal of steroid therapy
Author(s) -
Judd Fiona K.,
Burrows Graham D.,
Norman Trevor R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb122496.x
Subject(s) - psychosis , electroconvulsive therapy , etiology , schizophreniform disorder , causation , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , psychotherapist , psychology , political science , law , schizoaffective disorder
We report a case of schizophreniform illness, which occurred after the withdrawal of steroid therapy. Despite the withdrawal of steroids, the patient's illness persisted and she required symptomatic treatment with phenothiazines and electroconvulsive therapy. The specific role of steroids in the causation of these illnesses is not clear, and may have implications for the aetiology of schizophrenia. Cases such as this have been reported only rarely in the literature.