Patients with delusions in a community psychiatric service: A follow‐up study
Patients with delusions in a community psychiatric service: A follow‐up study
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社区精神科服务中的妄想患者:一项随访研究
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
P. Munk
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作者:
P. Jørgensen;P. Munk
Abstract— Case records of 546 patients referred for the first time to a community psychiatric service were studied. Fifty‐six patients revealed delusions of various types. The female/male ratio was 2:1, and the mean age 57 years. The majority of the paranoid patients belonged to the lowest socio‐economic groups. Symptomatology, including type of delusion, treatment given and diagnostic classification is presented. The delusions occurred as part of all major psychotic syndromes with a preponderance of organic and affective psychoses. After 5–20 years of observation a full remission without relapse was seen in only 5%. However, the predictive value of delusions has not been sufficiently established, and the need for prospective studies of course and prognosis of psychoses with delusions is stressed.