title: The psychiatric aspects of wilson's disease-a study from a neurology unit.
abstract: A series of 31 cases of Wilson's disease (WD) were assessed retrospectively on a range of variables including psychiatric, neurologic and biochemical data recorded at index admission over a period of 7 years. 18 patients (58%) showed psychopathological features. 5 patients (16.1%) were reported to have poor scholastic performance at the onset of illness and 1 patient (3.2%) had abnormal behaviour (mania like) many years prior to the appearance of neurological symptoms. The most common psychiatric features were cognitive impairment (45.2%), affective symptomatology (41.9%) and behavioural abnormalities (29%). Only one patient had a schizophrenia like psychosis. The psychiatric manifestation of Wilson's disease as they present in our setting and their clinical relevance are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Rajeev Kumar, M.D., D.P.M., Formerly in the Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 002.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jayaseelan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gnanmuthu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuruvilla