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Psychogenic polydipsia in a female adolescent without a psychiatric background: A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
Psychological stress is a risk factor for primary polydipsia in adolescents without psychiatric comorbidity. Taking a detailed family and social history can help to distinguish primary polydipsia from diabetes insipidus in adolescents with challenging ...
Elise Nauwynck   +5 more
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Validity of different copeptin assays in the differential diagnosis of the polyuria-polydipsia syndrome

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The aim of this study was to correlate three commercially available copeptin assays and their diagnostic accuracy in the differential diagnosis of the polyuria-polydipsia syndrome.
Clara Odilia Sailer   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A 27-Month-Old Boy with Polyuria and Polydipsia

open access: yesCase Reports in Pediatrics, 2018
Psychogenic polydipsia is a well-described phenomenon in those with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia and anxiety disorders.
Yvonne Lee   +3 more
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Primary polydipsia: Update

open access: yesBest Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020
In primary polydipsia pathologically high levels of water intake physiologically lower arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion, and in this way mirror the secondary polydipsia in diabetes insipidus in which pathologically low levels of AVP (or renal responsiveness to AVP) physiologically increase water intake.
Morris B. Goldman, Leeda Ahmadi
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Excessive habit formation in schedule‐induced polydipsia: Microstructural analysis of licking among rat strains and involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex [PDF]

open access: bronzeGenes, Brain and Behavior, 2018
Schedule‐induced polydipsia (SIP) is an animal model of compulsive drinking that selects for individual differences and varies across rat strains.
Ana Merchán   +8 more
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Primary polydipsia in the medical and psychiatric patient: characteristics, complications and therapy

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2017
Primary polydipsia (PP) has been defined as excessive intake of fluids. However, the pathogenesis of PP remains unexplored. Different theories include a dysfunction in the thirst mechanism, involvement of the hippocampus, stress-reducing behaviour and ...
Clara O. Sailer   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Psychogenic Polydipsia: The Result, or Cause of, Deteriorating Psychotic Symptoms? A Case Report of the Consequences of Water Intoxication

open access: yesCase Reports in Psychiatry, 2015
Water intoxication is a rare condition characterised by overconsumption of water. It can occur in athletes engaging in endurance sports, users of MDMA (ecstasy), and patients receiving total parenteral nutrition.
Melissa Gill, MacDara McCauley
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Hypotonic hyponatremia by primary polydipsia caused brain death in a 10-year-old boy [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2015
Hypotonic hyponatremia by primary polydipsia can cause severe neurologic complications due to cerebral edema. A 10-year-and-4-month-old boy with a psychiatric history of intellectual disability and behavioral disorders who presented with chief complaints
A Ra Ko   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Increased drinking following social isolation rearing: implications for polydipsia associated with schizophrenia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Primary polydipsia, excessive drinking without known medical cause, is especially associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. We used animal models of schizophrenia-like symptoms to examine the effects on schedule-induced polydipsia: post-weaning ...
Emily R Hawken   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Polydipsia, Psychosis, and Familial Psychopathology [PDF]

open access: bronzeThe Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2001
Objective: To compare the demographic and clinical factors and familial psychopathology of chronic psychiatric inpatients with, and without, polydipsia. Method: We undertook a case-control study of chronic psychiatric inpatients both with, and without, polydipsia.
Liana M Heigh   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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