Dysphagia in a psychotic patient: Diagnostic challenges and a systematic management approach

Dysphagia can be due to a variety of causes in a psychotic patient. It could be a side-effect of anti-psychotic medication or the manifestation of a psychotic phenomenon or even due to a co-morbid medical cause. We report a case of dysphagia in a young lady with psychosis who had been recently start...

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Autores principales: Baheshree, Ramanaganga D., Jonas, Suganthan S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3512371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226858
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.102464
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description Dysphagia can be due to a variety of causes in a psychotic patient. It could be a side-effect of anti-psychotic medication or the manifestation of a psychotic phenomenon or even due to a co-morbid medical cause. We report a case of dysphagia in a young lady with psychosis who had been recently started on anti-psychotic medication. We would specifically like to highlight the practical challenges regarding its diagnosis and report success with a systematic management approach.
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spelling pubmed-35123712012-12-07 Dysphagia in a psychotic patient: Diagnostic challenges and a systematic management approach Baheshree, Ramanaganga D. Jonas, Suganthan S. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Dysphagia can be due to a variety of causes in a psychotic patient. It could be a side-effect of anti-psychotic medication or the manifestation of a psychotic phenomenon or even due to a co-morbid medical cause. We report a case of dysphagia in a young lady with psychosis who had been recently started on anti-psychotic medication. We would specifically like to highlight the practical challenges regarding its diagnosis and report success with a systematic management approach. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3512371/ /pubmed/23226858 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.102464 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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