Neuroscientific Basis of Corticosteroid-Induced Changes in Human Cognitive and Emotional Processing: Implications for Affective Illness

@article{Young2013NeuroscientificBO,
  title={Neuroscientific Basis of Corticosteroid-Induced Changes in Human Cognitive and Emotional Processing: Implications for Affective Illness},
  author={Kymberly D. Young and Sheldon H. Preskorn},
  journal={Journal of Psychiatric Practice},
  year={2013},
  volume={19},
  pages={309–315}
}
In this column, the authors first present a composite of several cases of psychiatrically healthy individuals who developed manic-depressive symptoms after receiving a course of prednisone to treat symptoms of inflammatory processes, such as Crohn’s disease. The next section summarizes keys points from 50 years of clinical experience with such cases. The authors then present an overview of the effects of exogenous administration of glucocorticoids on cognitive performance and emotional… 
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