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Hydroxychloroquine-induced acute psychosis in a systemic lupus erythematosus female

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

WenYu Hsu ,
NanYing Chiu  and
SiSheng Huang
WenYu Hsu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Lu-Tung Branch of Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
NanYing Chiu*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Lu-Tung Branch of Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
SiSheng Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Yun-Lin Branch of Changhua Christian Hospital, Yun-Lin, Taiwan Center of General Education, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
*
Dr NanYing Chiu, Department of Psychiatry, Lu-Tung Branch of Changhua Christian Hospital, 888 Lu-Tung Road, Changhua, Taiwan. Tel: 886 4 7789595x1133; Fax: 886 4 7769780; E-mail: [email protected]
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Hsu WY, Chiu NY, Huang SS. Hydroxychloroquine-induced acute psychosis in a systemic lupus erythematosus female.

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease. Hydroxychloroquine, a kind of anti-malarial, has become an important treatment for SLE in recent years.

Method: We want to report a 49 year-old female SLE patient, who had psychosis episode with hydroxychloroquine treatment.

Result: There's still risk of psychosis with hydroxychloroquine treatment from the possible mechanism.

Conclusion: Awareness of chloroquine-induced psychosis is very important, and psychiatric intervention is needed as soon as possible after this occurs.

Keywords

delusionsdopaminepsychosispsychopharmacology
Type
Case Reports
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2011 , pp. 318 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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