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Lupus Psychosis: 4.5% Prevalence and Antibody Predictors

Stylized illustration of autoantibodies and immune complexes crossing a disrupted blood-brain barrier, evoking the immune-mediated mechanism by which lupus produces psychosis.

Psychosis is one of 19 neuropsychiatric syndromes the American College of Rheumatology recognizes as attributable to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects young women.2 A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis from Parperis and colleagues in Lupus pooled 65 studies and 31,495 patients.1 The synthesis matters less for the headline 4.5% prevalence …

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