First-Episode Psychosis and Hypokalemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

We present a case report of a young female who developed a first presentation of acute psychosis and in which complementary investigations revealed hypokalemia. The psychosis resolved in few hours after replacement therapy with potassium chloride. The patient returned her usual functioning after discharge and there were no signs of psychosis at six-month follow-up. PMID: 29944416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clin Schizophr Relat Psychoses Source Type: research