DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i04.016

Pages: 1467-1468

Long lists of psychiatric illness or symptoms have been documented to be caused by vitamin B12 deficiency. Psychiatric illness is common in both folate and vitamin B12 deficiency. This like the neuropathy has been attributed to a failure of the synthesis of S-adenosyl methionine. To study the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms in vit B12 and folate deficient patients. Hospital based retrograde analysis was done among 50 patients diagnosed as megaloblastic anemia. Psychiatric manifestation occurred in approximately 10-12 % of patients. Most of psychiatric symptoms resolved in due course of treatment.