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DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES OF A PSYCHOTIC DISORDER IN A PATIENT WITH LIVER TRANSPLANT

DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES OF A PSYCHOTIC DISORDER IN A PATIENT WITH LIVER TRANSPLANT

We present the case of a 39 year-old woman who underwent liver transplantation in 2011 at Fundeni Clinical Institution and who developed an...

HYPOTHESIS OF NEUROINFLAMMATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

HYPOTHESIS OF NEUROINFLAMMATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental disorder having a major economic and social impact due to chronic s y m p t o...

AMISULPRIDE – INDUCED HYPERPROLACTINEMIA- CASE REPORT

AMISULPRIDE – INDUCED HYPERPROLACTINEMIA- CASE REPORT

BACKGROUND: One of the most discussed adverse effect of antipsychotics is hyperprolactinemia. Dopamine antagonists block the D2 receptors of the lactotroph cells and prevent inhibition of...

METABOLIC ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN A SAMPLE OF PATIENTS IN TREATMENT WITH OLANZAPINE DEPOT

METABOLIC ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN A SAMPLE OF PATIENTS IN TREATMENT WITH OLANZAPINE DEPOT

BACKGROUND: Non adherence to medication is a major risk factor contributing to relapse and hospitalization among patients with schizophrenia. Treatment with antipsychotics in depot formulations is recognized as safe and...

ACUTE PSYCHOTIC EPISODE IN A PATIENT WITH HIV ENCEPHALOPATHY

ACUTE PSYCHOTIC EPISODE IN A PATIENT WITH HIV ENCEPHALOPATHY

We present a case of a 29 year-old man who developed his first acute psychotic episode in the context of a HIV infection Stage 3 complicated with leukoencephalopathy. Both...

HYPOTHESIS OF NEUROINFLAMMATION IN DEPRESSION

HYPOTHESIS OF NEUROINFLAMMATION IN DEPRESSION

Numerous clinical and experimental studies show that neuroinflammation hypothesis became a foundation pillar in the etiopahtogenesis of depression alongside the monoamine hypothesis, given the fact that the existence of...

HIGH CREATINE KINASE IN A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT WITHOUT ANTIPSYCHOTIC TREATMENT

HIGH CREATINE KINASE IN A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT WITHOUT ANTIPSYCHOTIC TREATMENT

In psychiatry, high creatine kinase (CK) levels and leukocytosis are known to be associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), (1,2) but there are many other causes that can present...