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title: Can a teenage girl have psychotic episodes linked to her menstrual cycle?
description: Yes. A 16-year-old girl had three psychotic episodes over 5 months, suggesting a pattern linked to menstruation.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/menstrual-psychosis-a-case-report-2003/
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Case report, 2003

# Can a teenage girl have psychotic episodes linked to her menstrual cycle?

Yes. A 16-year-old girl had three psychotic episodes over 5 months, suggesting a pattern linked to menstruation.

 Early or limited evidence

1 girl, age 16, with psychotic episodes linked to menstruation

## What they did

Doctors described a case of a 16-year-old girl who had psychotic episodes. She was treated for three episodes of psychosis over 5 months.

## What they found

A 16-year-old girl had three psychotic episodes over a 5-month period. The pattern suggests a link to menstruation.

## What it means for you

Teenage girls can have psychotic episodes linked to menstruation, though this is a rare condition. Case reports of this condition exist in medical literature over 150 years, but it is not yet formally recognized as its own diagnosis. The main limits are this describes only one case and doctors do not yet have a standard name for this condition.

16

patient's age

3

psychotic episodes

5

months during which episodes occurred

## About the study

Original title Menstrual psychosis : a case report Authors Shah AB, Vahia VN, Yadav R et al. Journal Indian journal of psychiatry Year 2003 Study design Case report What was tested Treatment for psychosis (type not specified) Open access Yes Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21206838/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21206838/)

## Topics

[Menstrual psychosis](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-menstrual-psychosis/)[Schizophrenia and psychosis](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-psychosis/)

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