Journal article
A clinical and neuropsychological comparison of delusional disorder and schizophrenia
The journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, Vol.8(3), pp.281-286
1996
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.8.3.281
PMID: 8854299
Abstract
The authors evaluated 14 middle-aged and elderly patients with delusional disorder (DD) and 253 patients with schizophrenia (SC); all patients met DSM-III-R criteria. Because the DD patients were older and had a later age at onset of illness, a sub-sample of 50 SC patients with illness onset after age 40 was compared with the 14 DD patients on clinical and neuropsychological characteristics. The DD group had a less frequent history of past hospitalization but more severe overall psychopathologic symptoms. Level of neuropsychological impairment seemed somewhat lower in the DD group, but differences were nonsignificant because of small sample size. Diagnoses remained stable during up to 8 years' follow-up (average 4 years). These preliminary findings provide partial support to the clinical categorization of DD as a disorder distinct from SC.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A clinical and neuropsychological comparison of delusional disorder and schizophrenia
- Creators
- Jovier D Evans - Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USAJane S PaulsenM Jackuelyn HarrisRobert K HeatonDilip V Jeste
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, Vol.8(3), pp.281-286
- DOI
- 10.1176/jnp.8.3.281
- PMID
- 8854299
- ISSN
- 0895-0172
- eISSN
- 1545-7222
- Grant note
- 5-P30 MH49671 / NIMH NIH HHS 5-P30 MH49671-01S1 / NIMH NIH HHS 5-R37 MH43693 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984083833102771
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