Psychosis in late life: how does it fit into current diagnostic criteria?
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There is an increasing awareness that late-life psychoses such as late-onset schizophrenia are heterogeneous and complex in nature and are frequently marked by a combination of anxious, depressive and cognitive symptoms. In the light of this awareness, therefore, a critical re-evaluation of existing diagnostic symptoms pertaining to such syndromes may be called for. A case study conducted on an elderly women with a constellation of symptoms, both psychotic and affective, with onset after the age of 45, will exemplify this point.
Publication Name: American Journal of Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-953X
Year: 1999
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When does amphetamine-induced psychosis become schizophrenia?
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The clinical history of a 36-year-old single white male under treatment for organic delusional syndrome provides strong evidence that chronic, amphetamine-induced schizophrenia can develop from a psychotic disorder. This diagnosis is based on several factors, namely, the appearance of psychotic symptoms after the use of amphetamines were stopped, the quick response to neuroleptic drugs and the lack of a family history of schizophrenia.
Publication Name: American Journal of Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-953X
Year: 1996
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Dementia in the twenty-first century
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Psychiatrists and neurologists must work together to develop methods of preventing dementia. If dementia can be discovered in the early stages, it may be possible to delay its progression. This is critical, since the aging of the baby boomers will increase the number of people with dementia.
Publication Name: American Journal of Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-953X
Year: 2000
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