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Acute psychotic episode in a patient with thyrotoxicosis factitia
Journal article published in 2009 by
Joaquim Alves da Silva,
Jaime Traça Almeida,
Bernardo Barahona Corrêa,
Miguel Narigão,
Miguel Xavier 
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Abstract
Psychotic syndromes in the context of hyperthyroidism are seldom mentioned in medical textbooks and only a few cases have been published. Typically, such cases present as an affective psychosis. Schizophrenia-like psychosis is a rare occurrence in hyperthyroidism and the link between these two conditions is still poorly understood.