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ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
INTRODUCTION. The relationship between the thyroid axis and psychiatric pathologies has been the subject of extensive study, with affective disorders and hypothyroidism. Being of greatest interest. Not only the similarity of the symptoms presented by the patologies,, but also the established therapeutic, are arguments in favor of the existence of a significant relationship. Despite this, from which studies are availablet is divided. OBJECTIVE. Describe the influence of hypothyroidism on the type of psychiatric diagnosis and clinical characteristics hospitalized patients at the Technical Unit for Mental Health. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Descriptive and retrospective study with a population of 678 patients and, sample of 472, the inclusion criteria were: older than 18 years: middle-aged adults aged 18 to 64 and adults over 65 years old, with definitive diagnosis of discharge according to the Classification International Diseases - 10 of mental and behavioral disorders; sample subcategorized in disorders: 259 affective, 131 psychotic, 44 for substance use and 38 anxious; and, in which hypothyroidism was investigated, they were hospitalized and attended for in the Technical Mental Health Unit of the Carlos Andrade Marín Specialities Hospital, during the years 2014 and 2015. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Program International Business Machines Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, Version 22.0. RESULTS. 51,50% (243; 472) were male; 90% (425; 472) were middle-aged adults; 54,9% (259; 472) were affective disorders; 18,4% (87; 472) were hypothyroid patients with definitive discharage diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders that corresponded to the elderly 65 years. Affective disorders 19,7% (51; 259), psychotic 16,8% (22; 131), substance use 13,6% (6; 44) and anxious 21,1% (8;38). CONCLUSION. There was a significant relationship was shown between hypothyroidism and mental and behavioral disorders especially of the afective type in older adults.
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