@article{ref1,
title="Self-induced water intoxication in schizophrenic patients",
journal="Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie",
year="1987",
author="Steinböck, H.",
volume="55",
number="12",
pages="376-384",
abstract="This case report concerns two schizophrenic patients with &quot;psychogenic&quot; polydipsia, without any underlying somatic disease. Although case A showed a correlation between excessive water intake and severity of psychomotor disturbance, this could not be safely diagnosed as a water intoxication because the sodium serum level was normal. The lowered sodium serum level in case B, however, allowed us to conclude that the manifestation of grand mal was a sign of a genuine water intoxication. 27 casuistic studies on 67 patients with the syndrome of self-induced water intoxication in schizophrenics are then reviewed. Finally, a variety of diagnostic and pathogenetic problems of this syndrome is discussed, with special reference to the role of inadequate ADH secretion.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0720-4299",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}