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Case Reports
. 1983 Oct;140(10):1360-1.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.140.10.1360.

A case of subdural hematoma mimicking severe depression with conversion-like symptoms

R D Alarcon, R W Thweatt
Case Reports

A case of subdural hematoma mimicking severe depression with conversion-like symptoms

R D Alarcon et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1983 Oct.

Abstract

The authors describe an alcoholic patient in whom severe depressive symptoms and conversion-like features masked the diagnosis of subdural hematoma. An underlying, treatable organic basis for any psychiatric syndrome, especially if atypical, must be considered in alcoholic patients.

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