Thyroid Function Screening in Psychiatric In-Patients
1981 ◽
Vol 138
(2)
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pp. 154-156
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SummaryDuring a two-year biochemical screening for thyroid disease amongst 191 psychiatric admissions, 38 (20 per cent) had an abnormal result, 5 were hyperthyroid and 7 hypothyroid. Thyroid dysfunction was associated with female sex and affective psychosis, but not with age. During the three weeks before admission the patients with an abnormal result had been prescribed significantly more phenothiazines, antiparkinsonian drugs and lithium than the patients with normal thyroid function. Almost half of those with abnormal function were physically ill on admission. Despite these findings we concluded that in most patients thyroid dysfunction was not a major determinant of the psychiatric disturbance.
2021 ◽
Vol 49
(6)
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pp. 030006052110251
2000 ◽
Vol 53
(4)
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pp. 487-492
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2009 ◽
Vol 27
(15_suppl)
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pp. e17025-e17025
2021 ◽
Vol 5
(Supplement_1)
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pp. A830-A831
2021 ◽
Vol 5
(Supplement_1)
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pp. A839-A839
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2015 ◽
Vol 47
(4)
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pp. 324-331
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