STEROID-INDUCED RARE BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER

Authors
MAZUMDAR PK NAJIB MA VARMA SL
Citation
Pk. Mazumdar et al., STEROID-INDUCED RARE BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER, European psychiatry, 10(5), 1995, pp. 264-265
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
European psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09249338
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
264 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-9338(1995)10:5<264:SRBMD>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A patient with multiple psychosomatic disorder developed a steroid ind uced rare bipolar mood disorder (both mania and depression). The ''unm asking effect'' of steroids and a positive family history of psychiatr ic disorder as a possible risk factor, hitherto undocumented, is sugge sted in steroid induced psychosis.