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Hyponatremia-induced change in mood mimicking late-onset bipolar disorder
General Hospital Psychiatry, 11/12/2010
McKnight RF et al. – Hyponatremia and bipolar disorder are rarely considered to have common features. Further research is required to determine causes of SIADH in psychiatric patients with symptomatic hyponatremia and to elucidate the mechanism by which hyponatremia causes changes in mood. In older patients presenting with new–onset bipolar disorder, a physical etiology must always be excluded.
