Toxic Psychosis Following Mumps | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)
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Mumps, or epidemic parotitis, is caused by a filterable virus and is characterized by temporary enlargement of the parotid and sometimes other salivary glands and by the occurrence of complications, of which orchitis in adults and in post-pubertal boys is the most common. The virus is pantropic causing central and peripheral nervous complications in many cases. In civilized countries the disease is endemic but local outbreaks occur. One such outbreak occurred in Bristol during 1964, in the spring, the season when mumps is most prevalent. The case that is described here formed a part of that particular epidemic. Before proceeding to the case report the literature on the psychiatric complications of mumps will be discussed.
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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965
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