Endocrine Abstracts

A previously fit and well 27 year old Ghanaian male was brought to hospital by his cousin due to new behavioural changes. The patient was described by his cousin as a normally reserved, self-sufficient man who had become a polar opposite ‘irritable’ personality that ‘spent extravagantly’. He repeatedly claimed to be ‘God’s protection’ and responded aggressively to visual hallucinations. This had resulted in social exclusion and loss of employ...