Homicide and Associated Steroid Acute Psychosis: A Case Report

We report the case of an old man treated with methylprednisolone for chronic lymphoid leukemia. After two months of treatment, he declared an acute steroid psychosis and beat his wife to death. Steroids were stopped and the psychotic symptoms subsided, but his condition declined very quickly. The cl...

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Main Authors: G. Airagnes, C. Rouge-Maillart, J.-B. Garre, B. Gohier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/564521
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