New-onset Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED); metabolic and clinical correlates: Case report

Authors

  • Giuseppina Selene Spina University of Messina Italy; School of Psychiatry, Biomorf Department
  • Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello University of Messina
  • Domenica Campolo Psychiatric Unit Policlinico "G. Martino" Messina
  • Mariachiara Zanotti University of Messina, School of Psychiatry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2282-1619/2017.5.1623

Keywords:

Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Diabetes Mellitus, Metabolic alterations

Abstract

This paper presents the correlation between Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), listed in the domain of Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM 5), and metabolic alterations. A 64-years-old man with no previous history of major psychiatric disorders, presenting an onset of IED almost concomitant with the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia, is assessed upon a clinical and neuropsychological evaluation. Authors emphasize the influence of metabolic alterations and liver disease in the manifestation of impulsive aggression and violent behaviour, suggesting a multidisciplinary approach of those patients who present IED and concomitant metabolic alterations.

Author Biographies

  • Giuseppina Selene Spina, University of Messina Italy; School of Psychiatry, Biomorf Department
    Biormorf
  • Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello, University of Messina
    Biomorf
  • Mariachiara Zanotti, University of Messina, School of Psychiatry
    Biomorf

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Published

23-08-2017

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Clinical Psychology

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