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Autoimmune encephalitis
Safe management of psychiatrically disturbed patients on non-psychiatric wards in the UK
BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1466 (Published 19 February 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g1466
- Nicholas Moran, consultant neurologist1,
- Neil Munro, consultant neurologist2,
- Kirsten Lawson, clinical lead liaison psychiatry3,
- Anthony S David, professor of cognitive neuropsychiatry4
- 1Department of Neurology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury CT1 3NG, UK
- 2Department of Neurology, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, UK
- 3Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Maidstone, UK
- 4Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK
- nfm10{at}aol.com
Autoimmune encephalitis is increasingly recognised as a cause of acute psychiatric disturbance. Affected patients usually require admission to a neurology ward for assessment and treatment, and they often display serious psychiatric symptoms and disturbed behaviour.1 2 3 4
We are worried about the safe management of these patients on non-psychiatric wards. Although “organic,” these conditions manifest in a …
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