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Psychosis from Phosphorus imbalance
Identifier
006858
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Can J Psychiatry. 1984 Nov;29(7):599-600. The psychiatric aspect of hypophosphatemia. Nanji AA.
A patient who developed a psychotic state in association with hypophosphatemia is presented. There was no evidence for other causes of psychosis and the clinical features disappeared with phosphate replacement. It is suggested that hypophosphatemia be considered in a patient with an unexplained acute psychosis.
PMID: 6391648