Ziconotide-induced psychosis in patient without previous psychiatric history: A case report

Capgras Syndrome is a subcategory of delusional disorder. People affected by this syndrome believe that a close associate such as a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical imposter. This case report describes a 23-year-old woman with no prior psychiatric history, whom developed Capgras syndrome, via folie a deux, in the setting of poly-substance use. In this patient, a combination of Aripiprazole 10 mg daily and Escitalopram 10 mg daily were effective in resolving symptoms. Clonazepam was utilized for anxiety and Omega-3 fatty acids 1 g for anti-oxidative effects. Further studies are needed to investigate the effects of a variety of causes and treatments for Capgras Syndrome.

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Othello Syndrome Secondary to Ropinirole: A Case Study

Case Reports in Psychiatry ◽

10.1155/2012/353021 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Kakali Pal ◽

Abigail Smith ◽

Joseph Hayes ◽

Apu Chakraborty

Keyword(s):

Parkinson’S Disease ◽

Parkinson's Disease ◽

Case Report ◽

Dose Reduction ◽

Dopamine Receptor ◽

Receptor Agonist ◽

Dopamine Receptor Agonist ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Delusional Jealousy

This case report describes a forty-two-year-old man with no previous psychiatric history who developed delusional jealousy (Othello Syndrome) associated with ropinirole treatment. Ropinirole is a commonly used dopamine receptor agonist, which was being used to treat his Parkinson’s disease, and his delusional symptoms resolved entirely with ropinirole dose reduction.

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Culture and mental disorders

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.678 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S517-S517

Author(s):

A. Adrián ◽

C. Noval Canga ◽

H. Rebeca ◽

S. Isabel ◽

G. Sofía ◽

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Keyword(s):

Differential Diagnosis ◽

Case Report ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Psychiatric Diagnosis ◽

Emergency Service ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Sociocultural Factors ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Sexual Content ◽

Competing Interest

ObjectivesShow with a case report how psychiatric pathology may face differential diagnosis problems when sociocultural aspects are involved.Methods and materialsSeventy-three year old man, born in Colombia. During the last two months, he had come many times to the emergency service due to behavioural changes. He does not have previous psychiatric history. His daughter refers that one of the patient's sisters has been diagnosed of “mystical madness”. The previous days he abandoned his medical treatment saying that he “gets in touch with his wife and that he wants to meet her”. Since his wife's dead, he had presented an excessively adapted behaviour, without grief symptoms. The first hospitalization day he said we wanted to get married with one of his daughters, with a sexual content speech, being able to get emotional when he spoke about his dead wife. Now the patient is under frequent reviews, and it is thought the differential diagnosis of depression with psychotic symptoms, due to the lack of symptoms remission.ConclusionWhenever we face different psychiatric diagnosis we don’t keep in mind some sociocultural factors, which could be masked and raise different doubts. It is important to keep in mind that each country or ethnical have their own cultural habits which are going to deeply influence patient's personality.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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The Autoscopic Phenomenon: Case Report and Review of Literature

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674378102600707 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 26 (7) ◽

pp. 475-476 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Aziz A. Salama Abd El

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Review Of Literature ◽

Rare Form ◽

Television Screen ◽

History Of

This paper presents the case report of a 28-year-old man with a rare form of autoscopy. His appearance when he was admitted suggested the possibility of “flash back,” due to his long history of abuse of psychotomimetic amphetamines and LSD. The complete psychiatric history and evaluation made it clear that the diagnosis should be that of schizophrenia. He was described as a solitary, withdrawn person, who had lost drive and was emotionally blunted. He often experienced feelings of unreality and appeared to be almost continually deluded and hallucinated. His main delusions were centered on the phenomenon of “autoscopy.” The uniqueness of this case is the patient's delusion of watching himself on a television screen acting as one of the “stars.”

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A skin-picking disorder case report: a psychopathological explanation

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria ◽

10.1590/0047-2085000000075 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 177-180

Author(s):

Ângela Ribeiro ◽

João Pedro Ribeiro ◽

Orlando von Doellinger

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Skin Picking ◽

Skin Picking Disorder ◽

Dermal Lesions

We describe the case of a 44-year-old woman, without known previous psychiatric history, hospitalized after a significant hemorrhage caused by self-inflicted deep facial dermal lesions (with muscle exposition). Psychopathological possible explanations of this case, as in similar reviewed ones, are related to frustration, aggression, and impulsivity.

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Capgras syndrome in substance-induced psychosis

Mental Illness ◽

10.1108/mi.2018.7807 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 38-39

Author(s):

Bharat R. Sampathi ◽

Anna Sofine ◽

John Alvarez ◽

Robert Bota

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acids ◽

Substance Use ◽

Case Report ◽

Family Member ◽

Delusional Disorder ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Omega 3 Fatty Acids ◽

Omega 3 ◽

Capgras Syndrome ◽

Oxidative Effects

Capgras Syndrome is a subcategory of delusional disorder. People affected by this syndrome believe that a close associate such as a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical imposter. This case report describes a 23-year-old woman with no prior psychiatric history, whom developed Capgras syndrome, via folie a deux, in the setting of poly-substance use. In this patient, a combination of Aripiprazole 10 mg daily and Escitalopram 10 mg daily were effective in resolving symptoms. Clonazepam was utilized for anxiety and Omega-3 fatty acids 1 g for anti-oxidative effects. Further studies are needed to investigate the effects of a variety of causes and treatments for Capgras Syndrome.

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Psychogenic polydipsia and schizophrenia

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2155 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (S1) ◽

pp. S581-S581

Author(s):

L. Maroto Martín ◽

P. Hervías Higueras

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Clinical Presentation ◽

Paranoid Schizophrenia ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Theoretical Discussion ◽

Psychogenic Polydipsia ◽

Common Cause ◽

Specific Diagnosis ◽

The Common ◽

Competing Interest

IntroductionPsychogenic Polydipsia is defined as the desire to drink liquid in big quantities with an inappropriate activation of the mechanisms of thirst without loss of liquid for urine. This disorder is frequent enough and can derive in a water poisoning, a clinical presentation of high mortality.ObjectiveReview of the Psychogenic Polydipsia in patients with schizophrenia and theoretical discussion of a case report.MethodsA case report of a 58-year-old male, admitted in hospital with a clinical presentation of hyponatremia with severe low serum osmolarity secondary to Psychogenic Polydipsia. As psychiatric history he has a diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia for forty years in treatment with Paliperidone 6 mg: 1-0-0, Haloperidol 10 mg: 0-0-0.5, Quetiapina 300 mg: 0-0-1, Trazodona 100 mg: 0-0-1, Ketazolam 30 mg: 0-0-1, Diazepam 10 mg: 0-0-1.DiscussionPsychogenic Polydipsia is not included in any section of current psychiatric classifications as specific diagnosis. There are several psychiatric disorders that may present with psychogenic polydipsia; however, the most common cause appears to be schizophrenia.ConclusionsMechanisms of hyponatremia in patients with schizophrenia are not well clarified; nevertheless, dopamine seems to be the common link between psychogenic polydipsia and schizophrenia.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Induced psychosis after withdrawal of varenicline: a case report

Acta Neuropsychiatrica ◽

10.1111/j.1601-5215.2011.00572.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 252-255

Author(s):

María T. López Arteaga ◽

Carlos Amo ◽

Eva M. Sánchez Morla ◽

Marina Sánchez Román

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Side Effects ◽

Single Case ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Single Case Report ◽

Withdrawal Of Treatment ◽

Discontinuation Of Treatment ◽

Poor Tolerance ◽

Psychiatric Side Effects

López Arteaga MT, Amo C, Sánchez Morla EM, Sánchez Román M. Induced psychosis after withdrawal of varenicline: a case report.Objective: Varenicline has been associated with psychiatric side effects, and cases with psychotic symptoms during treatment have been reported, few of them after the withdrawal. We describe a case with no current or previous medical or psychiatric history.Method: A single case report.Results: The patient without previous psychiatric pathology, following the withdrawal of treatment with varenicline, experiences delirium and behavioural disturbances. There was a remission of symptoms after 3 weeks of treatment with risperidone.Conclusion: Discontinuation of treatment with varenicline due to poor tolerance for side effects (nausea and insomnia) could trigger psychotic symptoms in subjects with no personal or family psychiatric history.

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Pantoprazole-Induced Delirium: Review of a Case and Associated Literature

Case Reports in Psychiatry ◽

10.1155/2018/1232535 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Anupriya Razdan ◽

Ramaswamy Viswanathan ◽

Alan Tusher

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Drug Interactions ◽

Proton Pump Inhibitors ◽

Proton Pump ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Double Dose ◽

Geriatric Population ◽

Antiulcer Agents

Background. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are frequently prescribed antiulcer agents in hospitals and are shown to be safer than H-2 blockers. We present a case report of PPI-induced delirium, regarding which not much has been written in the literature. Case Report. We present a case of a 93-year-old woman with no known past psychiatric history, who was hospitalized for syncope workup and who developed delirium after a double dose of pantoprazole. Discussion. Very few reports of PPI-induced delirium exist in the literature. In this case report, we attempt to highlight the mechanism of PPI induced delirium which in our case was most likely due to the primary effects of PPI and drug-drug interactions. Given the paucity of literature on this topic, we encourage further research into relationship between PPI and delirium and urge caution while using PPIs in geriatric population.

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Steroid-induced psychosis in a child with croup: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports ◽

10.1177/2050313x211053469 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 2050313X2110534

Author(s):

Abdullrahman Alsalamah ◽

Saud Alsahali

Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Single Dose ◽

Case Report ◽

Adverse Effects ◽

Pediatric Population ◽

Psychiatric History ◽

Psychiatric Disturbances ◽

Rare Side Effect ◽

Abnormal Behaviors ◽

Respiratory Complaints

Corticosteroids are effective for the treatment of many chronic and acute diseases but have many well-known adverse effects, which limit their use in some conditions. Steroid-induced psychosis is a rare side effect especially in the pediatric population. Although the estimated incidence of steroid-induced psychosis in adults is approximately 6%, it is rarely reported in the pediatric population. Moreover, it is poorly characterized and described in the literature. We report the case of a 4-year-old boy with no known medical or psychiatric history who presented to the emergency department with respiratory complaints. After observation and monitoring, the patient was diagnosed as having croup. A single dose of 8 mg dexamethasone was started intravenously. Within 3 h after the injection, the patient experienced psychiatric disturbances, including abnormal behaviors, anxiety, disorientation, decreased speech, and sleep disturbance. During the first 48 h of admission, the symptoms improved gradually, without using further medication during the rest of his hospital stay.

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