תוצאת חיפוש

Alopecia Due to Seroxat 

Leonid Umansky, Abraham Dorevitch, Avner Sella

Psychiatry Chronic Dept., Eitanim Mental Health Center, Jerusalem

There are 2 stages of alopecia, anagen and telogen effluvium, both of which may be associated with medication- related alopecia. We describe massive hair loss in a 51-year-old woman during treatment with Seroxat (paroxetine), which remitted after it was discontinued. Pathological mechanisms of drug-associated alopecia are complex and have yet to be fully elucidated.

Psychogenic Polydipsia Leading to Water Intoxication

L. Umansky, A. Sella

Psychiatry Dept., Eitanim Mental Health Center (Affiliated with the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem)

Psychogenic polydipsia and its frequent complication, water intoxication, are well-known to psychologists. There are biochemical and psychiatric theories of psychogenic polydipsia which often correlate with each other.

A 48-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia developed symptoms of psychogenic polydipsia. This provoked disturbances in electrolyte balance, resulting in a rapid decrease in serum sodium concentration and eventual death. There is a paucity of information and little awareness of this problem in the professional literature.