Treatment Dilemmas in a Young Man Presenting with Narcolepsy and Psychotic Symptoms

Psychotic features can be present in both narcolepsy and psychosis, which can result in challenges in diagnosis and management. The prevalence of both conditions is low and the reports in young people are scarce. Our report illustrates the relevance of a thorough differential diagnosis as well as th...

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Autores principales: Fernandez, Victoria, Davies, Sharon, Walters, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/804357
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description Psychotic features can be present in both narcolepsy and psychosis, which can result in challenges in diagnosis and management. The prevalence of both conditions is low and the reports in young people are scarce. Our report illustrates the relevance of a thorough differential diagnosis as well as the need to explore treatment avenues based on the evidence available for both narcolepsy and psychosis symptoms to try and maximise the therapeutic impact.
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spelling pubmed-34207972012-08-30 Treatment Dilemmas in a Young Man Presenting with Narcolepsy and Psychotic Symptoms Fernandez, Victoria Davies, Sharon Walters, Nicola Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Psychotic features can be present in both narcolepsy and psychosis, which can result in challenges in diagnosis and management. The prevalence of both conditions is low and the reports in young people are scarce. Our report illustrates the relevance of a thorough differential diagnosis as well as the need to explore treatment avenues based on the evidence available for both narcolepsy and psychosis symptoms to try and maximise the therapeutic impact. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3420797/ /pubmed/22937410 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/804357 Text en Copyright © 2011 Victoria Fernandez et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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