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Organic Manic Syndrome Associated with Advanced Uraemia due to Polycystic Kidney Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christopher S. Thomas*
Affiliation:
Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
T. James Neale
Affiliation:
Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
*
Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 8LR

Abstract

Mania secondary to advanced uraemia caused by polycystic disease of the kidneys in a 62–year-old woman involved a complex interplay of physical, psychological and social factors. Psychotherapy and thioridazine led to full recovery.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1991), 158, 119–121

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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