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Psychotic Disorders

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Psychotic Disorders*

OBJECTIVES: Delusions are prevalent even among members of the general population, and persecutory delusions (PDs) and grandiose delusions (GDs) are most frequently found. In this study, we investigated the differences in the dimensions of delusional ideation, reported psychosis proneness, and subjective psychotic symptoms in nonclinical individuals stratified according to the existence of PDs and GDs. METHODS: A total of 311 nonclinical individuals completed the Peters et al Delusions Inventory 40 (PDI-40), Perceptual Aberration Scale (PAS), Magical Ideation Scale (MIS), Schizotypal Personality Scale (STA), and Symptom Check List-90-R (SCL-90-R). Individuals were grouped according to four types based on the existence of PDs and GDs in PDI-40 items. RESULTS: An analysis of variance revealed that the four groups differed significantly in total delusion score, distress, preoccupation, and conviction level of delusional ideation, PAS, MAS, STA, in total SCL-90-R scores, and all SCL-90-R sub symptoms. In post-hoc analysis, the group with both PDs and GDs showed the highest scores in all measures, compared with the other three groups. CONCLUSION: We found that individuals with both PDs and GDs have a tendency to possess another delusional ideation and reported more distress, preoccupation, and conviction level of delusional ideation, psychosis proneness, and subjective symptoms. Existence of both PDs and GDs significantly elevated psychosis proneness in comparison to having only either one of them.
Delusions ; Magic ; Psychotic Disorders

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Humans ; Psychotic Disorders* ; Schizophrenia*

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Dexamethasone* ; Psychotic Disorders*

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Psychotic Disorders* ; Turner Syndrome*

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Cheek* ; Humans ; Psychotic Disorders*

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Meningoencephalitis* ; Psychotic Disorders*

A cross – sectional study on 40 psychotic patients who were treated in National Institute of Mental Health from March to December 2003 showed that the causes of delay for the patients go to mental health services are onset of mental disorders, lack of knowledge on mental health of patients and their relatives (75%), short of caring for patients (30%), unavailability of mental health services (10%) and difficulties of expenses (10%)
Psychotic Disorders ; Therapeutics

A clinical characteristics prospective study on 55 patients who suffer from acute psychosis disorder and temporary and 30 among them are multi acute rebellious disorder without the symptom of schizophrenia. The result showed that: the average initial age of acute psychosis disorder and temporary: 29.0 ± 11.29. There is no difference between male and female. The rate of acute rebellious disorder and temporary combine with SCTL is low:14.5%. For the multi acute psychosis disorder patient without the symptom of schizophrenia. The onset of disease is often sudden and rapid. Average duration of disease is short and is shorter significantly than that of other acute psychosis disorders as schizophrenia. All of them have delusion, especially persecution illusion (90%), most of them have more than two illusions: (86.7%); the illusion are often occur uncontinuously and temporary, illusion combine with hallucination seen in 70%. Some types of hallucination: fast hallucination: 70%, the content of its hallucination is complicate, mainly hallucination of hearing which appear uncontinuously: 66,7%, hallucination of hearing from outside are often seen: 66.7%. Emotion disorder often seen: anxiety: 50%, mania and depression:46.7%, unstable emotion: 36.7%
Psychotic Disorders ; Schizophrenia ; Diagnosis