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• TITLE: Gender Differences in Serum Prolactin Levels in Drug Naïve First Episode Schizophrenia

  AUTHORS: Amresh Shrivastava, Nilesh Shah, Avinash De Sousa, Sushma Sonavane

  KEYWORDS: Psychoendocrinology, Hyperprolactinemia, Dopaminergic System, Prolactin

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.5 No.2, March 27, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine if there is a significant rise in serum prolactin (PRL) in acute psychosis related to disease process and weather there is a significant gender difference in the level of PRL and its correlation psychopathology. Procedure: Naturalistic study involved 60 consenting outpatients and inpatients in a tertiary psychiatric setting. Patient base was comprised of men (n= 30) and women (n= 30) with 83% in the age range of 21 - 40 years old. All subjects had confirmed first episode diagnosis set forth by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Patients were drug free and drug na?ve. Standardization for control was done using 15 control PRL samples obtained from healthy individuals. Methodology involved assessment by radioimmunoassay, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale at day 1, 3 weeks and again at 6 weeks. All patients were treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs. Results: Serum PRL was elevated on baseline in 75% of first episode psychosis schizophrenia, yet found to have a negative correlation to psychopathology at base week 3 and week 6 samples. Conclusions: Elevated serum PRL is not a potential indicator of acute schizophrenia. Levels are higher in females than in males, yet females respond better to treatment at a lower dose than males.