title: Psychiatric disorders in multiple sclerosis patients.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease showing variable clinical presentation. Optic neuritis is the most common symptom, followed by motor and sensitive manifestations. It is known that this disease may be related to several psychiatric disorders, especially depression. In this study we will discribe 5 cases of MS patients harboring psychiatric disorder related or unchained by the disease itself.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Atendimento e Tratamento da Esclerose Múltipla, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. mifazzito@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Mirella Martins
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fazzito
authors.forename: Sérgio Semeraro
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jordy
authors.forename: Charles Peter
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Tilbery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents