Latrogenic hypothyroidism leading to an acute psychotic episode

Abstract

Methods: We used a new and ecological test, the Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome, and the Wechsler memory scale to test executive functioning and memory impairment in 27 schizomanic patients, 29 manic patients without psychotic symptoms, 23 manic patients with psychotic symptoms, and 45 schizophrenic patients compared with 65 healthy controls. The Global Assessment of Functioning was compared within the patient groups and correlated to cognitive variables. We hypothesized that acute schizophrenic patients perform worse than schizomanic patients followed by acute manic patients with psychotic symptoms and manic patients without psychotic symptoms and healthy controls proposing categorical aspects across mental diseases.Results: 12 patients thought their delusions was unbelievable for the interviewer at first interview, and 17 patients did the same after the second interview. Moreover, 4 patients stated what they heard from the tape after the The 16th Biennial Winter Workshop in Psychoses e153