This manuscript was based on an academic thesis titled "Frequency of burnout syndrome and suicidal ideation among medical students from a Brazilian public college,"
Objective: To assess the association between exposure to toxoplasmosis and major psychiatric disorders through a systematic review of the literature. Methods: The literature review was performed in the MEDLINE, SciELO, and PsycINFO databases. To evaluate the quality of the studies included in the review, the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used. Results: Thirty-one studies were included, and the majority found an association between exposure to toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (58.3 and 54.5% of the included papers, respectively), but not major depressive disorder. We found no significant difference in mean quality scores between studies that corroborated and contradicted the association hypothesis for either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. All included papers were considered at least satisfactory according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (total scores X 6 out of 9). Conclusion: Although there was no association between exposure to toxoplasmosis and major depressive disorder, the results indicate an association with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, despite their heterogeneity. Further studies should be performed with more specific variables so that the nature of these relationships can be elucidated.
Introduction: Bipolar disorder is commonly associated with early adulthood, although a substantial proportion of patients develops the condition in later life. The results of early investigations suggested that cases of bipolar disorder with onset in later life were more often associated with ´organic causes´, and could potentially justify the distinction between early and late onset bipolar disorder. Objectives and Aims: Alert for organic causes of mania. Methods: Review of relevant literature after the description of a clinical case. Results: Description of clinical case: J.C. is a man of 80 years without psychiatric history that is admitted in a Oncology Service for dehydration. He has breast cancer since 2005, treated with neoadjuvant-chemotherapy, mastectomy and hormone-therapy with remission. In 2010 there was progression of the disease and he restart chemotherapy. He started odd behaviors and refusal to take medication and it was made the request for observation of liaison psychiatry. In the psychopathological observation is notorious a psychomotor agitation with sexual deshinibition, grandiosity ideas and dysphoric mood. It was placed the diagnostic hypothesis of mood disturbance due to cancer progression with manic characteristics that was supported by evidence in neuroimaging of metastization in frontal-parietal-occipital cranial bones. He started medication with halopheridol with remission of the psychiatric symptoms. Conclusions: It is described a case of an old-age patient, without psychiatric background, with progression of his cancer disease, that suddenly starts manic symptoms. The manic states due to organic causes are more rare then other affective disorders and the clinician has to be alert.
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