Mullen R S, Romans-Clarkson S E
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London.
Br J Psychiatry. 1993 Apr;162:549-51. doi: 10.1192/bjp.162.4.549.
As yet, there is no satisfactory model with which to understand steroid-induced mental disorder. It is suggested that a case of prednisone-induced psychosis in an adolescent female with Crohn's disease can be best understood in terms of behavioural sensitisation to steroid therapy.
