Citation

Darko DF, Krull A, Dickinson M, Gillin JC, Risch SC. Int. J. Psychiatry Med. 1988; 18(3): 263-270.

Affiliation

Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3215715

Abstract

A patient with presumed chronic paranoid schizophrenia had chronic thyroiditis and Grade I hypothyroidism. Psychosis cleared following treatment with thyroid replacement. The probable presence of two axis II disorders may have contributed to the missed medical diagnosis and the patient's eventual suicide. The personality disorders were a major problem in the patient's medical and psychiatric care. The differential diagnosis among hypothyroidism and primary axis I psychotic and depressive psychopathology has always been problematic. When axis II pathology is also present, the diagnostic dilemma is increased.

Language: en