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The diagnosis becomes more difficult when WE is secondary to psychiatric illnesses as symptoms can be masked by the primary disease.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Case Presentation:<\/jats:bold> We present a case of a 56-year-old female patient with schizophrenia who was admitted to the hospital for mental and behavioral disorder, without history of alcohol. She presented symptoms of ophthalmoplegia and high muscular tension, and the brain MRI showed symmetric lesions in the bilateral basal ganglia and third ventricle. She responded well to thiamine and was discharged on hospital day 22.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> The psychiatrists should be on the alert for starvation-induced WE, especially for patients suffering from malnutrition. 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