Sjogren’s syndrome implicated in four adolescent psychosis cases

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Teenage girl having psychotic episode

Some young women presenting with psychosis may have primary Sjogren’s syndrome, according to US paediatric rheumatologists.

The group of doctors have published the case histories of four adolescent females aged between 16 and 19, all of whom failed to respond adequately to psychiatric therapy for psychosis.