Published April 26, 2023 | Version v1
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TROUBLE PSYCHOTIQUE BREF REVELANT UNE DECOMPENSATION DE LA MALADIE DADDISON : A PROPOS DUN CAS

  • 1. Mental Health Research Team - University Psychiatric Service, CHU Mohamed VI, Marrakech, Morocco.

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Addisons disease is a relatively rare endocrine disorder thatgenerally results from a slow progresss deficiency in the adrenal cortex. The psychiatric symptoms at the onset of the disease are typically represented by a depressive state and instinctive disorders, which may be confused with a psychiatric etiology, delay diagnosis, and/or constitute a circumstance for the discovery of this disease. Furthermore, the occurrence of psychotic disorders is rarely described in cases of adrenal insufficiency, and can sometimes occur during an acute decompensation of the disease. The link between these two conditions is still poorly understood. In this study, we report a clinical case illustrating a brief psychotic episode induced by a benign adrenal decompensation in Addisons disease.

 

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