Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Psychosis as the first presentation of hyperthyroidism

  • CE - Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Internal and Emergency Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Nayak B, Burman K (2006) Thyroid storm. Endocrinol Clin North Am 35:663–686

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Brownlie BE, Rae AM, Walshe JW, Wells JE (2000) Psychoses associated with thyrotoxicosis—‘thyrotoxic psychosis’. A report of 18 cases, with statistical analysis of incidence. Eur J Endocrinol 142:438–444

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Bunevicius R, Prange AJ Jr (2006) Psychiatric manifestations of Graves’ hyperthyroidism: pathophysiology and treatment options. CNS Drugs 20:897–909

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Whybrow PC, Prange AJ Jr (1981) A hypothesis of thyroid–catecholamine receptor interaction. Arch Gen Psychiatry 38:106–113

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Spratt DI, Pont A, Miller MB, McDougall IR, Bayer MF, McLaughlin WT (1982) Hyperthyroxinemia in patients with acute psychiatric disorders. Am J Med 73:41–48

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgment

The authors thank Dr. Wanla Kulwichit and Professor Dr. Henry Wilde for invaluable input to this study. The study was supported by the Anandamahidol Research Fund of Division of Endocrine and Metabolism Division, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest related to the publication of this manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Thiti Snabboon, Ampai Khemkha, Chananya Chaiyaumporn & Vitaya Sridama

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Decha Lalitanantpong

  3. Division of Endocrine and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Road, Patumwan, 10330, Bangkok, Thailand

    Thiti Snabboon

Authors
  1. Thiti Snabboon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ampai Khemkha
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Chananya Chaiyaumporn
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Decha Lalitanantpong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Vitaya Sridama
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Thiti Snabboon.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Snabboon, T., Khemkha, A., Chaiyaumporn, C. et al. Psychosis as the first presentation of hyperthyroidism. Intern Emerg Med 4, 359–360 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-009-0259-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-009-0259-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation