Conference paper

COMORBIDITY OF KIDNEY STONES AND PYCHIATRIC DISEASE

Vedran Bilić ; Department of Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Darko Marčinko ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This paper describes a patient who is suffering from PTSD with elements of hypochondria, panic attacks and episodes of 0depression in comorbidity with kidney stones. Kidney stones provoked egzacerbation of psychiatric symptoms. Kidney stones and frustration about them have taken part of provoking factor, the last drop, which led to regression of otherwise precarious, but compensated patient’s mental functioning which resulted in development of psychiatric symptoms.

Keywords

kidney stones; frustration; psychiatric illnesses

Hrčak ID:

55692

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/55692

Publication date:

30.6.2010.

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