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The Effect of Vitamin B12 on Dissociative Identity Disorder

Year 2016, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 38 - 41, 28.04.2016

Mahmut Katı Mehmet Asoğlu

Abstract

Background: Dissociative identity disorder(DID) is defined as a chronic and polysymptomatic dissociative
disorder in modern psychiatry. Vitamin B12 is one of vitamin B complex vitamins act on the various systems
in the body, especially hematological and neurological systems. The aim of our study was to investigate
whether the effects of vitamin B12 on dissociative personality disorder.
Material and methods:Twenty patients with DID were included in the study.
Results: It was investigated that whether vitamin B12 levels were significantly different or not when
compared with the control group.
Conclucion: After the results were evaluated, it was found that there was no significant effect of B12 on
patients with dissociative disorders

Keywords

Vitamin B12 Dissociative disorder Identity Disorder

References

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B 12 Vitaminin Dissosiyatif Kişilik Bozukluğu Üzerine Etkisi

Year 2016, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 38 - 41, 28.04.2016

Mahmut Katı Mehmet Asoğlu

Abstract

Amaç: Dissosiyatif kimlik bozukluğu modern psikiyatride kronik ve polisemptomatik bir dissosiyatif
bozukluk olarak tanımlanmaktadır. B12 vitamini, B vitamin kompleksi vitaminlerinden olup, vücutta başta
hematolojik ve nörolojik sistem olmak üzere çeşitli sistemlere etki eder. Çalışmamızda B12 vitamininin
dissosiyatif kişilik bozukluğu üzerine etkisinin olup olmadığını araştırmayı planladık.
Materyal Metod: DKB olan 20 hasta çalışmaya dahil edildi.
Bulgular: Bunların B12 düzeyleri kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırılarak anlamlı fark olup olmadığı bulundu.
Sonuç: Hastalığın B12 vitamini düzeyleri ile anlamlı ilişkisinin olmadığı tespit edildi.

Keywords

Vitamin B12 Dissosiyatif bozukluk Kimlik bozukluğu

References

  • 1.Dankı D, Telci F ,Dilbaz N, Okay İ.T. B12 Vitamini Eksikliğine Bağlı Psikotik Bozukluk Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni 2006;16:109-113
  • 2. Adcock BB, Mcknight JT. Cobalamin pseudo defiency due to a transcobalamin defiency. South Med J 2002; 95:1060-1062
  • 3 . D o m m i s s e J . S u b t l e v i t a m i n - B 1 2 defiencyandpsychitary: a largely unnoticed but devastating relationship? Medical Hypotheses 1991;34:131-140
  • 4. Şar V. Çoğul Kişilik Kavramı ve Dissosiyatif Bozukluklar Psikiyatri Dünyası 2000;4:7-11
  • 5. Antony AC. Megaloblastic anemias. In Hoffman R, Benz EJ, Shattil SJ, et al (editors) Hematology:Basis Principle sand Practice. Phidelphia: ChurchillLivingstone, 2000: 446-485
  • 6. Payinda G, Hansen T. Vitamin V.B12 defiency manifested as psychosis without anemia. Am J Psychiatry 2000;157:660-661.
  • 7. Brandt Th Hrsg. Therapi end Verlauf Neurologischer Krankheiten. Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln: Kohlhammer Verlag,1993: 883- 884
  • 8. Durand C. Psychiatric manifestions of vitamin B12 defiency: a case report. Encephale 2003; 29: 560-565
  • 9. Planz-Kuhlendhal S. Exogenous psychosis induced by cobalamin defiency. Fortschr NeurolPsychiatr 2002; 70:609-612
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Primary Language Turkish
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Mahmut Katı This is me

Mehmet Asoğlu

Publication Date April 28, 2016
Submission Date October 5, 2015
Acceptance Date October 6, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2016 Volume: 13 Issue: 1

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Vancouver Katı M, Asoğlu M. B 12 Vitaminin Dissosiyatif Kişilik Bozukluğu Üzerine Etkisi. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi. 2016;13(1):38-41.
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