They had lower scores in the Disability Assessment Scale and in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. They more often had stable heterosexual partnerships and were autarkic. Their outcome is much better regarding employment, early retirement due to the disorder, and psychopharmacological medication. Patients with DD were less frequently hospitalized, and the duration of their hospitalization was shorter. First-rank symptoms, relevant negative symptoms, and primary hallucinations did not occur in patients with DD. They less frequently come from a broken home situation.
Less of their first-degree relatives have mental disorders. Significant differences between DD and PS were found: DD patients are, in comparison to patients with PS, significantly older at onset. The duration of the follow-up period in patients with DD was 10.8 years and for the PS patients 12.9 years. Sociodemographic data, symptomatology, course, and outcome parameters were examined using standardized instruments. Because ICD-10 PDD and DSM-IV DD are identical, we use DD as a synonym.Ī prospective and longitudinal study compared all inpatients with DD treated at the Halle-Wittenberg university hospital during a 14-year period with a previously investigated selected cohort of patients with PS.
Paranoid schizophrenia icd 10 manual#
This article tries to give an answer to the question of whether International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) persistent delusional disorder (PDD) or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) delusional disorder (DD) is simply paranoid schizophrenia (PS).
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