title: Case of coeliac disease presenting in the psychiatry ward.
abstract: We describe a case of coeliac disease that was diagnosed in the psychiatry inpatient unit of a general hospital. The patient was admitted due to suicidal behaviours and developed an agitated catatonic state while in the inpatient psychiatry unit. An extensive diagnostic study allowed for the diagnosis of coeliac disease and while her state was unresponsive to antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics and electroconvulsive therapy, the patient improved significantly when a gluten-free diet was started. While it is well known that, occasionally, gluten sensitivity and coeliac disease can present as brain gluten sensitivity, such cases are typically characterised by motor and/or cognitive symptoms and by white matter abnormalities. Psychiatric presentations of these conditions have only rarely been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental and NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.|Champalimaud Research and Clinical Centre, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Albino J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Oliveira-Maia
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental and NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.|Champalimaud Research and Clinical Centre, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: J Bernardo
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Barahona-Corrêa
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents