Journal article
Psychosis following Acute Alteration of Thyroid Status
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Mania with psychotic features presenting following abrupt normalisation of thyroid function from severe Graves's disease is reported.
CLINICAL PICTURE: A 33-year-old man with severe, untreated Graves's disease was treated aggressively, with rapid restoration of normal serum thyroid hormone levels. Symptoms of mania and psychosis then developed.
Authors
Irwin R; Ellis PM; Delahunt J
Journal
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 762–764
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
10 1997
DOI
10.3109/00048679709062692
ISSN
0004-8674