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New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the elderly: possible primary hyperparathyroidism.

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Watson, LC; Marx, CE
Published in: Psychosomatics
2002

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a disorder of calcium homeostasis that occurs most commonly in older adults. Resultant hypercalcemia may be accompanied by neuropsychiatric symptoms, ranging from mild depression and cognitive changes to extreme agitation and psychosis. Surgical intervention almost invariably reverses these symptoms. The authors reviewed the importance of considering this diagnosis in the setting of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the elderly and reported on a 63-year-old man with mild hypercalcemia and a new onset of psychosis.

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Psychosomatics

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0033-3182

Publication Date

2002

Volume

43

Issue

5

Start / End Page

413 / 417

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychiatry
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Humans
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Watson, L. C., & Marx, C. E. (2002). New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the elderly: possible primary hyperparathyroidism. Psychosomatics, 43(5), 413–417. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.43.5.413
Watson, Lea C., and Christine E. Marx. “New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the elderly: possible primary hyperparathyroidism.Psychosomatics 43, no. 5 (2002): 413–17. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.43.5.413.
Watson, Lea C., and Christine E. Marx. “New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the elderly: possible primary hyperparathyroidism.Psychosomatics, vol. 43, no. 5, 2002, pp. 413–17. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/appi.psy.43.5.413.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychosomatics

DOI

ISSN

0033-3182

Publication Date

2002

Volume

43

Issue

5

Start / End Page

413 / 417

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychiatry
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Humans
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1701 Psychology