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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...