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Volume 16, suplement 1

Case report

Dissociative disorders erroneously recognized as other mental disorders: case report

Beata Trędzbor1, Monika Hyper-Ochalik1, Monika Lebda-Wyborna1, Katarzyna Piekarska-Bugiel1
1. Klinika Psychiatrii i Psychoterapii Śląskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2007; 16, suplement 1 (21): 53-56
Keywords: dissociative disorders, diagnostics

Abstract

Objective. The authors describe their diagnostic doubts in a case of a female patient complaining of cognitive and mood disorders.

Case. A 47-year-old woman hospitalized on three separate occasions had been diagnosed with depressive and delusional disorders. During her most recent hospitalization the dissociative spectrum symptoms were observed.

Commentary. A detailed interview revealed a difficult family situation of the patent. After a modification of her pharmacotherapy her mental state has gradually improved.

Address for correspondence:
Dr Beata Trędzbor
Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii i Psychoterapii Śląskiej Akademii Medycznej
ul. Ziołowa 45/47, 40-635 Katowice
e-mail: beataziarko@poczta.onet.pl