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Psychogenic polydipsia causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

Causes

Causes

Psychogenic polydipsia is a type of polydypsia with described in patients with mental illnesses and/or the developmentally disabled. It is present in a subset of schizophrenics.

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