Psychogenic adipsia presenting as acute kidney injury: case report and review of disorders of sodium and water metabolism in psychiatric illness

Psychosomatics. 2014 May-Jun;55(3):289-95. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2013.06.013. Epub 2013 Sep 5.

Authors

Colin Harrington¹, Joseph Grossman², Katherine Richman³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Electronic address: colin_harrington@brown.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.
³ Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

PMID: 24012289
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2013.06.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
Acute Kidney Injury / psychology
Dehydration / etiology*
Dehydration / psychology
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / complications*
Middle Aged
Polydipsia, Psychogenic
Psychophysiologic Disorders / complications*
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / etiology
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / psychology