Asthma alternating with psychiatric symptomatology.
A group of cases and review of the literature is presented documenting the interesting clinical phenomenon of an inverse temporal relationship between asthmatic symptoms and clinical psychiatric symptoms in some patients. It is suggested that physicians treating asthmatic patients should be prepared to handle potential psychiatric complications that may be concomitants of the successful medical management of patients with asthma.
D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology*; D001699:Biometry; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D010820:Physicians; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
ASTHMA/psychology; PSYCHOSURGERY/statistics