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This case is illustrative of more general, unresolved issues concerning current conceptions of delusions, which have a knock-on effect on the clinical encounter with deluded patients (irrespective of their diagnosis, but potentially more relevant in the case of schizophrenia).
31 paź 2023 · In the presented case the delusion of death appeared late in a 97-year-old male patient with dementia. This was the only psychotic feature in the absence of any other psychiatric manifestations, including depression.
Can delusions, in the context of psychosis, enhance a person’s sense of meaningfulness? The case described here suggests that, in some circumstances, they can. This prompts further questions into the complexities of delusion as a lived phenomenon, ...
6 sie 2020 · We will present two illustrative cases of suicide in DD, one for the somatic subtype and one for the persecutory subtype and subsequently discuss implications for prevention in light of recent literature on risk factors for suicide in delusional illness.
With a diagnosis of persistent delusional disorder he was started on Risperidone 2 mg at night and uptitarted after a week. On follow-up, the patient reported feeling less anxious, his overall mental condition improved, and delusional convictions decreased but requested on getting a genetic test done. His chromosomal analysis revealed XY ...
To our knowledge this is the second case study of persistent delusional disorder with delusions of poverty firstly documented in 2006 by Shaligram and Choudhury [2]. The delusions of bankruptcy generally fall into the wider picture of affective psychoses’ psychopathology, mainly depression, and co-occur with delusions of guilt,
9 lis 2022 · Dr. Michael D. Kritzer: A 57-year-old woman with major depressive disorder and coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) was evaluated at a hospital affiliated with this hospital because she was...
