SYMPTOMATIC PSYCHOSES IN PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
Authors: Paul Wm. Preu, Arthur J. Geiger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 December 1935SYMPTOMATIC PSYCHOSES IN PERNICIOUS ANEMIAPAUL WM. PREU, M.D., ARTHUR J. GEIGER, M.D.PAUL WM. PREU, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ARTHUR J. GEIGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-6-766 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough it has been recognized for many years that mental disturbances are frequently seen in association with pernicious anemia, the inclusion of organic psychoses among the important manifestations of the disease is rarely emphasized and seems insufficiently appreciated. Some of the early authors, among them Barrett1and Lurie,2stressed the fact that certain of the psychoses seen in pernicious anemia should be grouped with the organic mental illnesses rather than with the functional or psychogenic psychoses. Warburg and Jorgensen,3in a comprehensive discussion of the subject in 1928, came to the same conclusion. Only one recent writer, Hackfield,4considered that...References1. BARRETT AM: Mental disorders and cerebral lesions associated with pernicious anemia, Am. Jr. Insanity, 1913, lxix, 1067-1078. Google Scholar2. LURIE LA: Pernicious anemia with mental symptoms, Arch. Neurol. and Psych., 1919, ii, 67-109. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WARBURGJORGENSEN EJS: Psychoses and neurastheniae associated with achylia gastrica and megalocytosis, and the relation between this syndrome and pernicious anemia. (a) Psychoses, Acta med. Scandinav., 1928, lxix, 537-592. (b) Neurastheniae. Remarks on the diagnostic form of color and volume indices, Acta med. Scandinav., 1929, lxx, 193-215. Google Scholar4. HACKFIELD AW: Studies of the etiological relationship between the somatic and psychotic disturbances in pernicious anemia; a critical review, Jr. Nerv. and Ment. Dis., 1932, lxxvi, 31-48. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SMITH LH: Mental and neurologic changes in pernicious anemia, Arch. Neurol. and Psych., 1929, xxii, 551-557. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SMITHBURNZERFAS KCLG: The neurological symptoms and signs in pernicious anemia, Arch. Neurol. and Psych., 1931, xxv, 1100-1110. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. AHRENS RS: Neurologic aspects of primary anemia, Arch. Neurol. and Psych., 1932, xxviii, 92-109. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. GRINKERKANDEL RRE: Pernicious anemia; results of treatment of the neurologic complications, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liv, 851-871. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. GOLDHAMERBETHELLISAACSSTURGIS SMFHRCC: The occurrence and treatment of neurologic changes in pernicious anemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 1663-1667. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KAHN E: Psychoses complicating other diseases, Yale Jr. Biol. and Med., 1935, vii, 215-223. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Haven, Connecticut*Received for publication August 30, 1935.From the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPsychosen bei Vitamin B12-MangelA schizophreniform psychosis with pernicious anemia—a case report 1 December 1935Volume 9, Issue 6Page: 766-778KeywordsPernicious anemiaPsychoses ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...