Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression

Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression Publisher

Artoonian V¹ ; Aghamollaii V² ; Nadjarzadeh A^{3, 4} ; Bidaki R^{5, 6}

Source: Journal of Nutrition and Food Security Published:2023

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Vitamin B12 affects and modify the function of multiple organ systems. Its deficiency may cause psychiatric symptoms in addition to hematologic, gastrointestinal, and neurologic manifestations. The present case study aims to report a patient with vitamin B12 deficiency who coexisted with resistant and persistent depression, and experienced mania phase after the replacement of vitamin B12. For a patient with refractory and resistant depression and evidence or a risk factor for vitamin B12 deficiency, it is required to check plasma levels and monitor psychiatric symptoms during vitamin B12 supplementation. There are some manifestations of B12 deficiency including bipolar disorder, mood lability, irritability, and psychosis due to deficiency but we didn’t find case report about induce of psychiatric presentation follow correction of vitamin B12 deficiency. © 2023, Journal of Nutrition and Food Security. All Rights Reserved.

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MLA	Artoonian V, et al.. "Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression." Journal of Nutrition and Food Security, vol. 8, no. 2, 2023, pp. 158-162.
APA	Artoonian V, Aghamollaii V, Nadjarzadeh A, Bidaki R (2023). Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression. Journal of Nutrition and Food Security, 8(2), 158-162.
Chicago	Artoonian V, Aghamollaii V, Nadjarzadeh A, Bidaki R. "Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression." Journal of Nutrition and Food Security 8, no. 2 (2023): 158-162.
Harvard	Artoonian V et al. (2023) 'Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression', Journal of Nutrition and Food Security, 8(2), pp. 158-162.
Vancouver	Artoonian V, Aghamollaii V, Nadjarzadeh A, Bidaki R. Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression. Journal of Nutrition and Food Security. 2023;8(2):158-162.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Artoonian V and Aghamollaii V and Nadjarzadeh A and Bidaki R}, title = {Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression}, journal = {Journal of Nutrition and Food Security}, volume = {8}, number = {2}, pages = {158-162}, year = {2023} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Artoonian V AU - Aghamollaii V AU - Nadjarzadeh A AU - Bidaki R TI - Onset of Mania by Vitamin B12 Injection in a 52-Year Old Patient With Refractory and Resistant Depression JO - Journal of Nutrition and Food Security VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 158 EP - 162 PY - 2023 ER -

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