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Year : 1993 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 123-125 |
Urinary Incontinence in Acute Psychosis
S Choudhury1, M Augustine2
1 Psychiatrist, 151 Base Hospital, C/O 99 APO, India 2 Specialist Sister, (Psychiatry), 151 Base Hospital, C/O 99 APO, India
Correspondence Address:
S Choudhury Psychiatrist, 151 Base Hospital, C/O 99 APO India
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PMID: 21743617 
A prospective two year study of consecutive admissions (n=984) to a psychiatry ward revealed that the incidence of temporary urinary incontinence in psychiatric patients without delirium or dementia was 1.63% (nml6). When compared with controls (n=64) the incontinent patients were more often psychotic, gave a history of childhood enuresis and a past history of temporary incontinence during psychosis. Compared with psychotic controls (n=26), incontinent patients (n=16) had been exposed to a greater variety of treatments and were hospitalized for longer periods.
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