Steinberg P
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1996 Feb;30(1):146-9. doi: 10.3109/00048679609076085.
A case of adrenal carcinoma with severe hypertension referred for treatment of "catatonia" illustrates the need for a high index of suspicion of organic mental disorder in medical patients, even when there is clinical evidence of a psychiatric condition and a history of psychosocial stressors. This case illustrates the need for concurrent medical and psychiatric investigation when there is a problem differentiating medical from psychiatric disturbance.
