Behavioural sensitisation and steroid-induced psychosis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
As yet, there is no satisfactory model with which to understand steroid-induced mental disorder. It is suggested that a case of prednisone-induced psychosis in an adolescent female with Crohn's disease can be best understood in terms of behavioural sensitisation to steroid therapy.
Medical subject headings
- Crohn Disease
- Prednisone
- Psychoses, Substance-Induced