scholarly journals Paranoid Type Schizophrenia

2020 ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Paranoid Type

Effect of Marriage on Pre-existing Psychoses: A Convenient or Futile Solution for Severe Mental Disorders?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 273-276
Author(s):  
Prakash B. Behere ◽  
Aniruddh P. Behere ◽  
Debolina Chowdhury ◽  
Amit B. Nagdive ◽  
Richa Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Positive Family History ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Antipsychotic Treatment ◽  
Contractual Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Paranoid Type

Marriage can be defined as the state of being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. The general population generally believes marriage to be a solution to mental illnesses. It can be agreed that mental disorders and marital issues have some relation. Parents of patients with psychoses expect that marriage is the solution to the illness and often approach doctors and seek validation about the success of the marriage of their mentally ill child, which is a guarantee no doctor can give in even normal circumstances. Evidence on sexual functioning in patients of psychosis is limited and needs further understanding. Studies show about 60%–70% women of the schizophrenia spectrum and illness to experience sexual difficulties. Based on available information, sexual dysfunction in population with psychosis can be attributed to a variety of psychosocial factors, ranging from the psychotic symptoms in itself to social stigma and institutionalization and also due to the antipsychotic treatment. Despite the decline in sexual activity and quality of life in general, it is very rarely addressed by both the treating doctor and by the patient themselves hence creating a lacuna in the patient’s care and availability of information regarding the illness’ pathophysiology. Patients become noncompliant with medications due to this undesirable effect and hence it requires to be given more attention during treatment. It was also found that paranoid type of schizophrenia patient had lower chances of separation than patients with other types of schizophrenia. The risk of relapse in cases with later age of onset of the disease, lower education, a positive family history of psychosis or a lower income increased more than other populations.

Aberrant Gray Matter Volume and Cortical Surface in Paranoid-Type Delusional Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 335-344
Author(s):  
Robert Christian Wolf ◽  
Viviane Hildebrandt ◽  
Mike M. Schmitgen ◽  
Roger Pycha ◽  
Erwin Kirchler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gray Matter ◽  
Gray Matter Volume ◽  
Delusional Disorder ◽  
Cortical Surface ◽  
Matter Volume ◽  
Paranoid Type

Treatment of schizophrenic disorder, paranoid type, with intramuscular recombinant alpha-2b interferon

Biotherapy ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Cabrera Gómez ◽  
J. R. Cordero Gutierrez ◽  
O. Fernández López ◽  
B. Reyes Gutiérrez ◽  
K. Romero Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Schizophrenic Disorder ◽  
Paranoid Type

Tardive Nocturnal Akathisia Due to Clozapine Treatment

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris Kyriakos ◽  
Vasilis P. Bozikas ◽  
George Garyfallos ◽  
Grigoris Lavrentiadis ◽  
John Giouzepas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Male Patient ◽  
Atypical Antipsychotics ◽  
Antipsychotic Agents ◽  
Clozapine Treatment ◽  
Paranoid Type ◽  
One Year ◽  
Tardive Akathisia

In the following case report we present a 43-year-old male patient diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type, who exhibited nocturnal tardive akathisia or pseydoakathisia approximately one year after being treated with clozapine 300 mg per day. Because of the low occurrence of akathisia due to clozapine, the episodes of restlessness were at first considered as a sign of worsening of the patient's psychopathology. Since the patient was resistant to other antipsychotic agents, clozapine was reinitiated. A week later, the patient once again exhibited episodes of restlessness. This time, the episodes were diagnosed as akathisia and the patient was treated with biperidene and lorazepam, while he had already been on propanolol for cardiovascular reasons. The episodes continued without any change in frequency or severity. Therefore, treatment with clozapine was discontinued and the patient was started on a new regimen with ziprasidone. Three days later, the episodes that caused distress to the patient resolved. Thus, it is possible that apart from episodes of acute akathisia, episodes of tardive akathisia or pseydoakathisia can also occur in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics.

scholarly journals Psychotherapy Process Research in Schizophrenia Paranoid Type: The Investigation of Delusion Formation through the Evaluation of In-Session Events

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Process Research ◽  
Psychotherapy Process ◽  
Integrative Psychotherapy ◽  
Psychopathological Symptoms ◽  
Psychotherapy Process Research ◽  
Parallel Reduction ◽  
General Decrease ◽  
Paranoid Type

The study aimed to investigate delusion formation in paranoid type schizophrenia through the evaluation of the relation between specific in-session events and the session outcome. Six transcripts of integrative psychotherapy sessions -three with good and three with bad outcome- of an individual suffering from paranoid type schizophrenic symptoms were evaluated by five raters in order: a) to locate the in-session events related to delusion formation and b) to explore the relation of these events to a number of mechanisms postulated to be involved in delusion formation, utilizing the newly developed Scale for the In-session Investigation of Delusion Formation. Although, no significant differences were found in the total number of the in-session events counted in the sessions with good and bad outcome, the evaluations obtained by the raters were found to be affected by the patient’s general decrease in psychopathological symptoms due to a significant parallel reduction of anxiety and delusions in paranoid type schizophrenia.

Treatment of severe clozapine-induced neutropenia with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)

1998 ◽  
Vol 172 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Sperner-Unterweger ◽  
I. Czeipek ◽  
S. Gaggl ◽  
D. Geissler ◽  
G. Spiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severe Neutropenia ◽  
Pharmacological Intervention ◽  
Concomitant Treatment ◽  
Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
Clozapine Treatment ◽  
Therapeutic Results ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Paranoid Type ◽  
Stimulating Factor

BackgroundA 17-year-old boy suffering from a severe schizophrenic disorder of the paranoid type and mental retardation did not respond to treatment with typical antipsychotics, whereas under clozapine treatment he showed a favourable response. Discontinuation of clozapine led to an acute psychotic relapse. During clozapine treatment the patient developed severe neutropenia.Method and ResultsDue to the history of unsatisfactory response to traditional antipsychotics, clozapine treatment was continued despite white blood cell (WBC) decline. Concomitant treatment with G-CSF was followed by a rapid normalisation of WBC.ConclusionsThis case report is not intended to challenge the clinical practice of discontinuing clozapine upon the development of neutropenia/agranulocytosis, but rather to stimulate further research in the pathophysiology and clinical consequences of a clozapine rechallenge after a WBC decline, especially in patients with a rather complex symptomatology where no sufficient therapeutic results can be achieved with any other pharmacological intervention than clozapine.

Polygraphic Evaluation of Laughing and Smiling in Schizophrenic and Depressive Patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1291-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakae Sakamoto ◽  
Ken Nameta ◽  
Tatsuhito Kawasaki ◽  
Koh Yamashita ◽  
Akira Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Social Signals ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Paranoid Type ◽  
Polygraphic Recordings ◽  
Polygraphic Recording ◽  
Depressive Patients ◽  
Normal Controls

Polygraphic recordings was used to assess laughing and smiling, and results were compared for 34 normal controls, 24 schizophrenic patients, and 15 depressive patients. The schizophrenic and the depressive patients showed reduced “laughs of pleasure,” i.e., laughing in reaction to a comic video assessed by laughing score; however, the depressive patients in remission showed the same laughing reaction as the controls. “Smiles as social signals” during interviews were reduced for the schizophrenic patients but remained for the depressive patients. There was a tendency for greater reduction of both laughing and smiling in disorganized-versus paranoid-type schizophrenia, suggesting that the disturbance of affect might be more severe in the former. These results show the possibility that polygraphic recording of laughing and smiling might be a useful method for investigating the disturbance of affect in schizophrenic and depressive patients.

Delusional (Paranoid) Disorders: Etiologic and Taxonomic Considerations. I. The Possible Significance of Organic Brain Factors in Etiology of Delusional Disorders

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Munro
Keyword(s):  
Paranoid Type ◽  
Organic Brain

The term “Paranoid Disorders” is used vaguely and indiscriminately by many authors. This article provides brief working descriptions of a small number of paranoid/delusional conditions and, making reference to the author's series of monodelusional disorders, describes certain organic brain factors which appear to be surprisingly common in the background of these cases. It is hypothesized that the group of paranoid/delusional disorders may be linked to schizophrenia, especially of the paranoid type: however, in the paranoid/delusional disorders, hereditary schizophrenic factors may be weak and adverse organic brain factors relatively much stronger.

scholarly journals Inductive Reasoning in Patients with Paranoid Type Schizophrenia

2017 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mehmet Karadere ◽  
Yasir Şafak ◽  
Halime Özçelik ◽  
Emre Demir ◽  
Mehmet Türkçapar
Keyword(s):  
Inductive Reasoning ◽  
Paranoid Type
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