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Organic Manic Syndrome Associated with Advanced Uraemia due to Polycystic Kidney Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christopher S. Thomas  and
T. James Neale
Christopher S. Thomas*
Affiliation:
Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
T. James Neale
Affiliation:
Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
*
∗Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 8LR
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Abstract

Mania secondary to advanced uraemia caused by polycystic disease of the kidneys in a 62–year-old woman involved a complex interplay of physical, psychological and social factors. Psychotherapy and thioridazine led to full recovery.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1991), 158, 119–121

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 119 - 121
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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