Neuropsychiatric Investigation
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Clinical Association Between Psychotic Symptoms and the Gilbert Syndrome: A Case Report

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Department of Psychiatry, Junior Resident, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, India

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Department of Studies on Language and Culture, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

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University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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Department of Psychiatry, Senior Resident, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India

Neuropsychiatric Investigation 2024; 62: 73-75
DOI: 10.5152/NeuropsychiatricInvest.2024.23019
Read: 242 Downloads: 139 Published: 25 June 2024

Modern research in psychiatry is increasingly focusing on the possible identification of potentially useful biomarkers for early and differential diagnosis and patient-tailored therapy. In this context, old and new biomarkers are gaining attention, and bilirubin could represent a low-cost and widespread tool in this regard. In the following paper, we present a case report of a patient with juvenile-onset schizophrenia successfully treated with oral risperidone on 2 separate occasions, whose clinical exacerbation phases overlapped with hyperbilirubinemia peaks, while comfort phases were associated with serum bilirubin within the normal range. The patient was later diagnosed with Gilbert’s syndrome, a benign, congenital condition of hyperbilirubinemia, with alternating phases of mostly asymptomatic bilirubin levels. This case highlights a possible relationship between psychotic symptoms and plasma bilirubin levels. While not representing by itself a sufficient condition to determine a relationship between the 2 phenomena, it poses a relevant question for future clinical and research investigations.

Cite this article as: Reddy B, Nocera A, de Filippis R, Das S. Clinical association between psychotic symptoms and the Gilbert syndrome: A case report. Neuropsychiatr Invest. 2024;62(2):73-75.

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