Pseudodementia in a twenty-one-year-old with bipolar disorder and vitamin B12 and folate deficiency
West Indian med. j
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49(4): 347-348, Dec. 2000.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
A twenty-one-year-old female known to suffer from bipolar type I disorder developed features of a pseudodementia. Following prompt initial response to treatment with antidepressants, there was an early recurrence of cognitive impairment. Blood investigations confirmed a macrocytic anaemia and vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies. There was dramatic resolution of cognitive impairment after vitamin replacement. This suggested the occurrence of a reversible nutritional dementia and reinforced the need to rule out secondary organic causes of psychiatric symptoms even in patients previously diagnosed with a primary psychiatric disorder.
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Main subject:
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
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Bipolar Disorder
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Dementia
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Folic Acid Deficiency
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Trinidad and Tobago
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of the West Indies/TT
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