Steroid psychosis in a polyarteritis nodosa patient successfully treated with risperidone: tracking serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels longitudinally.

Abstract

We previously reported a case in which steroid-induced psychosis was eliminated with risperidone treatment in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa (PN). In the present report, we longitudinally tracked the serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). We found that corticosteroid lowered serum BDNF levels, and improvement of psychiatric symptoms was intact with the serum BDNF levels seen in the patients.

• Authors: Reiji Yoshimura, Kosuke Saito, Tadanori Terada, Naoki Yunoue, Wakako Umene-Nakano, Shintaro Hirata, Kazuyoshi Saitoh, Yoshiya Tanaka, Jun Nakamura
• Journal: Annals of general psychiatry (Ann Gen Psychiatry) Vol. 11 Issue 1 Pg. 2 (Jan 23 2012) ISSN: 1744-859X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 22269819 (Publication Type: Journal Article)