Presentation
[…] oz-Negro JE...Cervilla JA 2018 7 The impact of depressive symptoms on the clinical presentation of Persistent Delusional Disorder. ( 29248867 ) Kulkarni K...Murthy P 2018 8 Delusional disorder in brain abscess: Searching the missing link. ( 29655049 ) [malacards.org]
We report a case of a young male who presented with a single delusion regarding his sexual physiology. CASE REPORT Mr. A is a 19-year-old single engineering student, from a middle socioeconomic background. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Delusion disorder will become evident once the individual speaks about the irrational ideas and delusional beliefs that he or she possesses and refuses to listen to others who believe differently or who present clear evidence that disproves the delusional [crestwynbehavioral.com]
––The present clinical diagnostic according to the ICD 10 is Persistent Delusional Disorder, F22.0 or Other Persistent Delusional Disorders. [tmj.ro]
Psychiatrical
- Flat Affect
Depressed mood (not fulfilling the criteria of major depression or other depressive episodes), negative symptoms such as flat affect or alogia, only occurred in PS patients and were not found in DD patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
- Olfactory Hallucination
In DD, secondary hallucinations (such as tactile or olfactory hallucinations deriving from the delusional context) rarely occurred (18.6%). Anxiety was found to be significantly more frequent in PS (53.7%) than in DD (16.3%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Neurologic
- Seizure
There was no history suggestive of seizures, other organic illness or substance abuse. The patient had been on fluvoxamine and risperidone for about 7 months at the time of presentation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
- Catatonia
Positive symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking (speech), and grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior (including catatonia). [mindyra.com]
Treatment
Thus, effective treatment often requires diplomacy and a delicate balance between offering proper treatment and respecting the patient’s right to know. Click here for Patient Education NOTE: This is the Professional Version. [msdmanuals.com]
Prognosis
In other words, the social and functional prognosis of DD, in spite of the persistence of its monothematic and monosymptomatic delusions, was significantly better than that of schizophrenia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Etiology
The rare work on this topic, however, supports the assumption that DD is not a genetic variant of PS. 37 – 39 Cardno and McGuffin, 8 overviewing the genetic research on DD, concluded that it is not clear whether there is a genetic contribution to the etiology [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Epidemiology
"Delusional Disorder - Epidemiology - Patient demographics". Retrieved 2013-04-15. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list ( link ) CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list ( link ) ^ Stephan Heckers, Deanna M. [en.wikipedia.org]
A range of considerably larger, epidemiologically rigorous studies is required, but the uncommonness and other features of the disorder strongly limit the prospects for ascertaining adequate samples. 8 Nevertheless, the data of clinical and prognostic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Prevention
This condition can have a significant negative impact on virtually all aspects of an individual’s everyday life; however it may not necessarily prevent that individual from functioning within society on a regular basis. [crestwynbehavioral.com]
Secondary Prevention of Schizophrenia. [clinicaltrialsregister.eu]