Acute psychosis: A neuropsychiatric dilemma

The acute onset of psychotic symptoms in elderly can be the presenting clinical feature for various Central Nervous System as well as other systemic illnesses. The diagnosis and treatment of such presentation require a cautious medical work up and high level of suspicion even if the patient is not s...

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Autores principales: Saldanha, Daniel, Menon, Preethi, Chaudari, Bhushan, Bhattacharya, L., Guliani, Sameer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013320
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.132933
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Sumario:The acute onset of psychotic symptoms in elderly can be the presenting clinical feature for various Central Nervous System as well as other systemic illnesses. The diagnosis and treatment of such presentation require a cautious medical work up and high level of suspicion even if the patient is not showing any cardinal symptoms for organic pathology.

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