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12 - Thyroid augmentation

from Part III - Treatment approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Jay D. Amsterdam
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Mady Hornig
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
Andrew A. Nierenberg
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
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Introduction

For the greater part of this century, thyroid hormones have been considered as viable treatments for patients with mood disorders, particularly those with treatment- resistant illness. This interest in the therapeutic effect of thyroid hormones arises from the well-established association between abnormalities of the thyroid axis and psychiatric symptomatology, especially alterations in mood. In particular, the association between clinical thyroid disease, both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism and mood disturbance has been well documented. Specifically, hypothyroidism is commonly associated with symptoms of depression (Hall, 1983; Whybrow et al., 1969) whereas, in hyperthyroidism, there is a broader range of psychiatric symptomatology including anxiety, mood lability, cognitive impairment as well as symptoms ofmania and psychosis (Fava et al., 1987; MacCrimmon et al., 1979; Weller, 1984; Kathol et al., 1986; Jefferson, 1988). In addition, hyperthyroidism may also be associated with features of depression (Jefferson, 1988). This rich clinical literature (Hall, 1983; Whybrow et al., 1969; Fava et al., 1987; McCrimmon et al., 1979; Weller, 1984; Kathol et al., 1986; Jefferson, 1988) documenting an association between psychiatric illness and thyroid disease has also shown that successful treatment of the thyroid disease is usually although not always associated with resolution of psychiatric symptoms, especially in patients with hypothyroidism (Wolfson & Jefferson, 1985; Loosen, 1986).

The above-mentioned literature in patients with clinical thyroid disease has certainly provided one of the strong clinical and theoretical rationales for the use of thyroid hormones in the treatment of depression. In addition, other clinical and preclinical observations also provided support for treatment of depression with thyroid hormones.

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Print publication year: 2001

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