Volume 10, issue 1
Case report
An acute psychotic episode with good outcome at a 22-year follow-up – case report
Sławomir Murawiec1, LUCYNA BURY1
1. III Klinika Psychiatryczna Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 2001, 10, 67-73
Keywords: acute psychosis, outcome, cycloid psychosis, case study
Abstract
A case is reported of a female patient who had several very dramatic psychotic episodes at the age 25. During the subsequent 22 years of follow-up there have been no more psychotic episodes, and the patient attained a very good level of her professional and social functioning. Arguments on behalf of diagnosing a cycloid psychosis in this case are presented.
Address for correspondence:
Lek. Sławomir Murawiec,
III Klinika Psychiatryczna Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii,
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02-957 Warszawa