Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study the frequency and features of mental disorders in hospitalized patients, suffering from Cushing’s disease (CD).Materials and methods: We studied 70 patients (59 women and 11 men) with verified diagnosis of CD, aged 41±12 years. Their mental health was evaluated with ICD-10 criteria and verified by the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview questionnaire (MINI 6.0). 45 patients had overt hypercortisolism (untreated CD ...

Objectives: To assess prevalence of antipsychotic-induced hyperpolactinemia (AIH) in psychiatric in-patients and to describe its clinical characteristics and association of AIH with sexual function.Methods: A cross-sectional study in 143 consecutive psychiatric in-patients (F/M=65/78), mostly with schizophrenia (93%), currently taking antipsychotics. The patients were screened for serum prolactin, sex hormones, gonadotropin levels and macroprolactin. For...