The analyzed definitions includeDSM-III, DSM-IVR, ICD-10 and those found in textbooks of clinical/forensic psychiatry and in dictionaries. Examples of mistaken diagnoses in forensic psychiatric evaluations such as, for example,latent schizophrenia, paranoid hypochondria, and schizophrenia, such as ...
Clozapine monotherapy for catatonic schizophrenia: should clozapine be the treatment of choice, with catatonia rather than psychosis as the main therapeuti... Despite inclusion in both ICD-10 and DSM-IV, catatonic schizophrenia (CS) remains a controversial syndrome with debate focusing on its aetio...
Schizophrenic psychoses are a heterogeneous group of diseases that affect about 1% of the world's population. The first symptoms of the disease usually manifest between ages 20 and 30. The diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia and its subtypes are characterized in detail in ICD-10. Diagnosis is ...
This borderline will furthermore be discussed with the basis of symptom criteria from the ICD- and DSM diagnosis systems. This seems to be of big importance when diagnostically comprehend the pathological elements of the delusions in the sense that the judgement could come to determine life ...
Methods: 95 patients (62 male and 33 female) with religious delusions (delusion of sin - 33,7%, delusion of demonic possession (40,0%), messianic and antagonistic delusion - 18,9%, oneiroid with religious content - 7,4 %) in psychotic episode (F20, F25 according...
The structural MRI of the cortex, subcortical structures, hippocampal subfields, and brainstem regions in patients with persecutory delusions in schizophrenia (ICD-10 code: F20) and delusional disorder (ICD-10 code: F22.0) were analyzed. Patients demonstrated multiple regions of decreased cortical ...
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Originally proposed by Emil Kraepelin, this approach was operationalised in criterion-based schemes, such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD). These criteria provide checklists of features, agreed upon by experts, to ...
There is no known cause for schizophrenia, so it shall be considered a primary or an idiopathic disorder. This is written in the major psychiatric nosological systems, not only in the WHO’s ICD-11, but also in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of menta...