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Thyroid disorders in psychiatric patients: a descriptive study in a psychiatric hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

U. López ,
L. Morado San Segundo ,
C. González Navarro ,
I. Alonso Salas ,
A. López Fariña ,
A. Bilbao Idarraga ,
B. Samsó Martínez ,
R. F. López Brokate ,
E. M. Garnica de Cos  and
T. Ruiz de Azua Aspizua
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U. López*
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
L. Morado San Segundo
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
C. González Navarro
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
I. Alonso Salas
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
A. López Fariña
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
A. Bilbao Idarraga
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
B. Samsó Martínez
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
R. F. López Brokate
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
E. M. Garnica de Cos
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
T. Ruiz de Azua Aspizua
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
U. Ortega Pozas
Affiliation:
Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Thyroid disorders can present with psychiatric symptons similar to depression, and, at the same time, certain treatments, like litio, can cause changes in thyroid function. Given, therefore, the importance for the treatment and care of patients, the study of thyroid function is one of the parametres that should be requested in patients with psychiatric pathology.

Objectives

To study the frequency of thyroid disorders in patients who where admitted to a psychiatric short stay unit.

Methods

Retrospective descriptive observational study is carried out in the acute stay unit of a psychiatric hospital. As a sample, all patients admitted to the unit over a period of three months. During admission, their sociodemographic data, the treatment they receive and their diagnosis are recorded. Secondly, blood test are performed whith differents parameters, including TSH values.

Results

In the total sample of 172 patients, 8 of them have TSH abnormalities. 7 of them, all women, present hypothyroidism values.

A single male patient presented values of hyperthryroidism.

Conclusions

According to the present study, 4,6% of the patients present alterations at the TSH at admission, although except in one case, the values were not markedly altered.

The thyroid study at admission allows detecting cases of altered TSH that are amenable to treatment and monitoring.

Disclosure of Interest

None Declared

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S471
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