Celiac.com 04/10/2018 - Celiac disease is a multi-system disorder with manifestations that may result in psychiatric disorders. Does that mean that celiac disease patients are more likely to take psychotropic drugs than other gastrointestinal patients? A team of researchers recently set out to assess the prevalence of medication use to treat psychiatric disorders in celiac disease patients compared to other gastrointestinal patients.
The research team included Haley M. Zylberberg, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Peter H. R. Green, and Benjamin Lebwohl. They are variously affiliated with the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA; the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska...

Celiac.com 09/17/2019 - Celiac disease is associated with psychopathology in children. However, it's unknown whether this connection is present in children with celiac disease autoimmunity identified by screening.
A team of researchers recently set out to examine the associations between sub-clinical celiac disease autoimmunity and emotional and behavioral problems in children without a previous celiac disease diagnosis.
The research team included Rama J. Wahab, Sytske A. Beth, Ivonne P.M. Derks, Pauline W. Jansen, Henriëtte A. Moll, and Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong.
As part of a population-based cohort study, the team analyzed levels of tissue transglutaminase autoantibodies in 3,715 children averaging 6 years of age. After excluding children with diagnosed celiac d...

Celiac.com 08/25/2020 - A number of studies describe psychological disorders, in addition to other extra intestinal manifestations of celiac disease, such as fatigue, neurological conditions including headache and neuropathy. However,  there hasn't been study with robust enough data to provide accurate risk estimates.
In an effort to obtain accurate risk estimates, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, MD, PhD, of the department of medical epidemiology and biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and colleagues analyzed data from the Swedish nationwide ESPRESSO cohort to explore associations between childhood celiac disease and psychiatric disorders. 
They matched nearly 20,000 children with biopsy verified celiac with up to five of 100,000 reference children, and gathered data o...

Celiac.com 01/19/2021 - Typically, when people with celiac disease eat gluten, they experience gastrointestinal discomfort, or even symptoms like a skin rash, anemia, and headaches. In some extreme cases, though, the side effects could be much, much worse. But, in rare cases, celiac disease can manifest with psychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbances. Interestingly, celiac disease in children often manifests mainly as behavioral disturbance, such as increased aggression or anxiety, with milder or absent gastrointestinal symptoms. That was the case with a 37-year-old, successful PhD student, from Massachusetts. 
Woman Begins to Have Delusions
The woman began experience severe unexplained hallucinations, paranoia. She became convinced that everyone she knew were conspiring ...