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Usher syndrome and psychiatric symptoms: a challenge in psychiatric
management.



Usher syndrome, the most common case of deaf - blindness, may be
associated with various psychiatric disorders.



Inability of communication through spoken language in association with
progressive visual impairment affects diagnostics and management in case
of co-morbidity with mental disorder.



A patient with Usher syndrome and psychiatric symptoms is described and
the difficulties in psychiatric assessment in her case are discussed. A
28 years old woman with hearing impairment diagnosed at the age of 3
months and progressive pigmentary retinopathy diagnosed at the age of 19
years, has been treated for ADHD in childhood, eating disorder in
adolescence and psychosis-like disorder in adult life.



Direct observation of patient behavior and the effects of
pharmacotherapy were the main diagnostic procedures, since the use of
sign language and handwriting was very limited. The limitations of
management are discussed.







Psychiatr Danub. 2009 Mar;21(1):68-71.

Rijavec N, Grubic VN.

University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, SI - 1260
Ljubljana Polje, Slovenia.





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