Prednisone Mood Disorder With Associated Catatonia
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 41-44
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089198878900200108
Abstract
Since steroid-induced psychoses often appear as mood disorders and since catatonia may be associated with psychotic mood disorders, the possibility exists for a steroid-induced psychotic mood disorder to present with associated catatonia. In a computer review of the medical literature, however, I found no such cases in adult patients. This report is presented as a possible case of steroid-induced catatonia in a 62-year-old woman following treatment with melphalan, prednisone, and cimetidine for multiple myeloma of the IgA class with associated mild hypercalcemia. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1989;2:41-44).Keywords
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