Abstract Cognitive disorders like dementia, delirium, depression, anxiety, psychosis and mania are the commonest neuropsychiatric manifestations. We discuss here a…
Cryptococcal Meningitis With Acute Psychotic Confusion in a Sarcoid Patient
Sir: Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal disease, usually caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, often transmitted by inhalation of dust or contaminated soil. The…
Toxic Psychosis Without Fever as Sign of Acute Meningitis
January 1963 Toxic Psychosis Without Fever as Sign of Acute Meningitis DAVID S. FISCHER, M.D. Arch Intern Med. 1963;111(1):54-57. doi:10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250058009 FullText…
What Is Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus?
By the age of 40, there is about a 95% chance that a person has the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). In…
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica (1925)
Schizophenia Is Not What It Used to Be “The word “schizophrenia” was coined by the Swiss professor of psychiatry Eugen Bleuler…
Psychiatric Manifestations of Acute Viral Encephalitis
THE NEUROPSYCHIATRY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Stanley N Caroff, MD; Stephan C Mann, MD; Michael F Gliatto, MD; Kenneth A Sullivan,…
Childhood Epstein-Barr Virus infection and subsequent risk of psychotic experiences in adolescence: a population-based prospective serological study.
Schizophr Res. 2014 Sep;158(1-3):19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.05.019. Epub 2014 Jul 18. Khandaker GM1, Stochl J2, Zammit S3, Lewis G4, Jones PB2. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Several…
Acute psychosis in a patient with Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Send to J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1990 May;29(3):468-9. Jarvis MR1, Wasserman AL, Todd RD. Author information Abstract A case study is…
Antibodies to brain proteins may trigger psychosis
Date: March 5, 2015 Source: Elsevier Summary: Antibodies defend the body against bacterial, viral, and other invaders. But sometimes the…
Psychosis-like syndrome associated with intermittent intracranial hypertension caused by a large arachnoid cyst of the left temporal lobe
Lesions on certain brain areas can cause psychiatric signs. Symptomatic arachnoid cysts can produce a variety of symptoms like headache,…
