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Adrenocortical Suppression Presenting with Agitated Depression, Morbid Jealousy, and a Dementia-Like State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

F. Hassanyeh ,
R. B. Murray  and
H. Rodgers
F. Hassanyeh*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
R. B. Murray
Affiliation:
Raby Cross Medical Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2FF
H. Rodgers
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A 66–year-old woman showed profound neuropsychiatric disturbance after withdrawal from prolonged corticosteroid treatment. Reintroduction of an alternative corticosteroid, at low dose, produced a return to premorbid mental state.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 6 , December 1991 , pp. 870 - 872
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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