Inhalant induced mania: An unexplored entity

Sulochana Joshi; Nidesh Sapkota; Pawan Sharma

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.009

Inhalant induced mania: An unexplored entity

Asian J Psychiatr. 2017 Aug:28:32-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.009. Epub 2017 Mar 14.

Authors

Sulochana Joshi¹, Nidesh Sapkota², Pawan Sharma²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal; Department of Psychiatry, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal; Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal. Electronic address: dr.sulochana@hotmail.com.
² Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal; Department of Psychiatry, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal; Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.

PMID: 28784391
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.009

Abstract

Inhalant abuse is one of the common presentations in de-addiction clinic among children and adolescent age group. Psychiatric morbidity is high among inhalant users but there is very little evidence to consider it a direct result of it. We present a case of 17-year-old boy with symptoms of mania which had time event correlation with inhalant use. He was successfully treated with antipsychotic medications and is maintaining well. The case highlights the need of strong suspicion of inhalant abuse in young patients who present with acute onset of psychiatric symptoms.

Keywords: Adolescents; Inhalant dependence; Inhalant induced mania.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bipolar Disorder / chemically induced*
Bipolar Disorder / drug therapy
Humans
Inhalant Abuse / complications*
Male