Wilson's Disease Can Present As Paranoid Schizophrenia and Mania: Two Case Reports

Objective: this case report highlights wilson's disease, a rare genetic disorder involving the liver and brain presenting clinically with psychiatric symptoms as the first manifestation. method: we present two cases of wilson’s disease who had the typical symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder (mania) respectively. results: wilson disease first presentation of psychiatric diagnosis my obscure the diagnosis who later on turned out to be suffering from wilson’s disease. conclusion: although such patients are more commonly seen in neurological and hepatological settings, mental health professionals must keep in mind a high level of suspicion, once first presentations may be of psychiatric nature