Life-threatening causes of acute psychosis

Mnemonic for the life-threatening causes of acute psychosis:

Remember WHHHIMP:

W  Wernicke’s encephalopathy
H  Hypoxia or hypoperfusion of the central nervous system
H  Hypoglycemia
H  Hypertensive encephalopathy
I  Intracerebral hemorrhage
M  Meningitis/encephalitis
P  Poisonings


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