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Steroid induced rare bipolar mood disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

PK Mazumdar ,
MA Najib  and
SL Varma
PK Mazumdar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
MA Najib
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
SL Varma
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Summary

A patient with multiple psychosomatic disorder developed a steroid induced rare bipolar mood disorder (both mania and depression). The “unmasking effect” of steroids and a positive family history of psychiatric disorder as a possible risk factor, hitherto undocumented, is suggested in steroid induced psychosis.

Keywords

bipolar mood disordersteroidpsychosomatic disorder
Type
Case report
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 5 , 1995 , pp. 264 - 265
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1995

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