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An association between functional psychosis and urinary incontinence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Christopher Williams ,
David Yeomans ,
Stephen Curran  and
Gilbert Blackwood
Christopher Williams
Affiliation:
St. James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
David Yeomans
Affiliation:
Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LSI 3EX, UK
Stephen Curran
Affiliation:
St. James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
Gilbert Blackwood
Affiliation:
St. James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
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Abstract

Urinary incontinence commonly occurs in the setting of organic brain damage. However a literature search found no previous reports of an association between urinary incontinence and functional psychosis. Three cases are described in which patients with organic predisposing factors for the development of urinary incontinence showed an association between the degree of incontinence and the severity of their mental illness. It is suggested that the underlying psychosis may have contributed to the worsening of urinary incontinence, perhaps through non-specific factors such as poor attention, memory and psychotic symptoms. An association between functional psychosis and urinary incontinence has not been previously reported, and thus merits further investigation.

Keywords

Urinary incontinencePsychotic disorders
Type
Clinical & Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 90 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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