Psychosis Flashcards
Most common symptom of schizophrenia as found by the International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia
Lack of insight
St Louis or Feighner criteria for schizophrenia/Washington University Criteria - 1972
A. At least 6 months of symptoms AND absence of symptoms to qualify for an affective disorder in the same time period
B. Delusions or hallucinations without significant perplexity OR difficult to understand speech due to a lack of logical or understandable organisation
C. THREE OF (or two of for ‘probable schizophrenia’
- Single
- Poor premorbid social adjustment or work history
- Family history of schizophrenia
- Absence of alcoholism or drug use within one year
- Onset prior to age 40
Three aspects to the NIMH Research Diagnostic Criteria for schizophrenia that predated DSM III
Symptom criterion
Duration criterion
Exclusion criterion
Schneider first rank symptoms of schizophrenia
Running commentary Thought echo Voices heard arguing or referring to themselves in the third person Thought insertion Thought withdrawal Thought broadcast Delusional perception (true perception with a false meaning attached) Somatic passivity Made affect Made volition
Duration criterion of the NIMH Research Diagnostic Criteria for schizophrenia
At least 2 weeks
Length of symptoms required for to meet ICD 10 or ICD 11 diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
1 month
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia characterised by delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia characterised by disorganised speech or behaviour and flat affect, with markedly impaired social functioning
Hebephrenic
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia characterised by motor immobility or excessive mobility, mutism, echolalia or posturing
Catatonic
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia characterised by acute onset, episodic course and complete remission between episodes
Catatonic
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia more common in developing countries
Catatonic
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia characterised by previous full blown acute episode, with ongoing negative symptoms and less clear cut positive symptoms e.g. odd beliefs rather than delusions
Residual
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia characterised by insidious development of negative symptoms without positive symptoms
Simple
ICD 10 subtype of schizophrenia characterised by insidious onset, and then severe deterioration over time without remission or recovery
Hebephrenic
ICD duration criteria for schizophrenia (and simple schizophrenia)
1 month
1 year for simple schizophrenia
ICD 11 requirements for schizophrenia
TWO OF
- Persistent delusions
- Persistent hallucinations
- Disorganised thinking
- Experiences of influence, passivity or control
- Negative symptoms
- Disorganised behaviour
- Psychomotor disturbances
FOR ONE MONTH OR MORE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE FIRST FOUR
AND not a manifestation of another medical condition
DSM IV and V duration criteria for schizophrenia
1 month of characteristic symptoms
6 months of social/occupational dysfunction
Duration requirements for ICD 11 diagnosis of acute and transient psychotic disorder
No longer than 3 months
Most commonly lasts a few days to one month
Progressing from a non-psychotic state to a clearly psychotic state within 2 weeks
Classification system which uses a dimensional method to rate the severity of schizophrenia, with 8 different dimensions e.g. delusions, depression, abnormal cognition
DSM V
Type of delusions counted towards delusional disorder in ICD 10 vs. ICD 11
In ICD 10 delusions must be ‘non-bizarre’; in ICD 11 this requirement is not present
Affect on daily functioning with delusional syndrome
Not significantly impaired
ICD 11 requirements for a diagnosis of delusional disorder
Delusion or set of related delusions for at least 3 months
Stable although can evolve for each individual
Absence of clear and persistent hallucinations
Affect, speech and behaviour unaffected apart from where directly related to the delusion(s)
Not a manifestation of another condition
Delusional disorder characterised by a conviction that someone is secretly in love with the patient
Erotomania/de Clerambault syndrome
Most common sex to suffer from erotomania
Females
Most common sex to suffer from erotomania in the forensic population
Male
Personality disorder categorised within the schizophrenia category in ICD 10 and ICD 11
Schizotypal
Delusional disorder characterised by a belief that a patient has a special role, special abilities or special relationship to someone - often related to religion or social organisations
Grandiosity
Delusional disorder characterised by a delusion of infidelity by the patient’s partner. May lead to attempting to restrict their partner’s activities and contributes to domestic violence and homicide
Jealousy/Othello syndrome
Delusional disorder characterised by the belief that someone is trying to hurt the patient
Persecutory
Delusional disorder characterised by delusional concerns about the patient’s body. Can include concerns about a bodily infestation, odour or deformity
Somatic
Classification system which divides delusional disorders into subtypes
DSM