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G B Murray

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PubMed1979

Psychosis and water intoxication.

Three cases of psychosis, polydipsia, and water intoxication are presented as examples of a syndrome that is potentially unrecognized in psychiatric settings. Diagnostic and etiologic considerations, with particular attention to the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), are discussed through a review of relevant literature. A schema for a routine psychiatric evaluation is described that will minimize overlooking this association of psychosis and disturbed water balance.

Adult↗
PubMed1978

Psychiatric presentation of epilepsia cursiva.

Coarse brain disease can first present as a behavioural or psychiatric disorder. Partial seizures with complex symptomatology (psychomotor or temporal lobe epilepsy) may offer particular difficulties in differential diagnosis from the "functional psychoses". The authors report a case of "running epilepsy" (epilepsia cursiva), that first presented as a behavioural problem, and review the literature on this rare form of psychomotor epilepsy.

Adolescent↗
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Psychostimulant treatment of geriatric depressive disorders secondary to medical illness.

The records were reviewed for 129 medically ill geriatric inpatients treated with either dextroamphetamine or methylphenidate for secondary depression during a five year period at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Eighty-one percent of patients demonstrated at least some improvement following psychostimulant treatment. Sixty-six percent of these experienced marked to moderate amelioration of their depressive symptoms. Improvement was rapid and usually occurred within the first or second day of treatment. No significant difference in efficacy was noted between the two psychostimulants or across diagnostic categories for depression. Only 8% of patients experienced adverse reactions significant enough to warrant termination of the psychostimulant trial. No instances of anorexia due to psychostimulant treatment were observed.

Age Factors↗
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Geriatric epilepsy: a review.

After the turn of the century, the proportion of population over 60 years of age is expected to be over 20%. Recent epidemiologic studies show a higher incidence of new-onset epilepsy in the population over 60 years of age compared with preceding decades of life. The predominant seizure type in up to 80% of these new cases of epilepsy is simple and complex partial manifestation. This paper reviews the literature documenting the increased incidence of partial seizures in the aging population, explores the known etiologies of new-onset epilepsy, and uses five case vignettes presenting with complex partial symptomatology.

Aged↗