Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: April-June | Volume: 5 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 94-97
Thyroid and Psychiatry: Two Case Reports
Preethi Rebello1, Aarshie Koul2, Pavithra P. Rao1, Prajakta V Rao2, Manisha Sharma2, Anjana N. Ramamurthy3, Avinash Joe4, Aruna Yadiyal5
1Assistant Professor, 2Post Graduate Resident, 4Senior Resident, 5Professor,
Department of Psychiatry, Fr Muller Medical College, Kankanady, Mangalore – 575002, Karnataka.
3Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore – 560002, Karnataka.
Corresponding Author: Pavithra P. Rao
ABSTRACT
Medical co-morbidities are common in patients with Psychiatric Disorders. Thyroid disorders are one of the common medical disorders which have a strong association with Psychiatric disorders. They can not only be the cause of Psychiatric disorders but also play an important role in having an impact on management, course and prognosis. Screening for Thyroid disorders in patients with Psychiatric symptoms and disorder should be done for better management of such patients. This case report describes two such cases were Thyroid disorders and Psychiatric Disorders both play a prominent part and treatment of both has to go together for better management of the patient.
Keywords: Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Organic Manic Disorder