Author/Authors :
abd al‑naser, fatma a.‑z.w. assiut university - faculty of medicine, student hospital, Assiut, Egypt , mahran, ali m.a.a.‑r. assiut university - faculty of medicine - department of andrology and stds, Assiut, Egypt , el‑beeh, khalid a.m. assiut university - faculty of medicine - department of psychiatry in psychology and neurology, Assiut, Egypt , gaber, hisham d. assiut university - faculty of medicine - department of dermatology, venereology and andrology, Assiut, Egypt
Abstract :
Objective: The objective of the study was to measure serum prolactin level in first-episode psychotic patients. Design: A cross-sectional hospital-based study. Patients and methods: This study was carried out at the Dermatology, Venereology, and Andrology Department of Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, to measure serum prolactin level in patients with first episode psychosis who did not receive any medication yet. It was carried out on 40 first episode psychotic patients and 40 age-matched control group. Results: The study showed significant increase in serum prolactin level in antipsychotic-free patients with first-episode psychosis. Conclusion: Men with first episode psychosis had higher prolactin level than that of control and increased duration of untreated psychosis leads to more hyperprolactinemia.
