Lupus Psychosis: 4.5% Prevalence and Antibody Predictors
Research Highlights Across 65 studies and 31,495 lupus patients, 4.5% develop psychosis (95% CI 3.6–5.5%). Among patients with neuropsychiatric lupus (NPSLE), the rate jumps to 20.5% (95% CI 10.0–37.6%).1 The 4.5% figure is roughly 50 to 100 times higher than the lifetime prevalence of primary psychotic disorders in age-matched general population samples. Psychosis usually shows …