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A clinical study of reactive psychosis
Author(s) -
Chavan B.S.,
Kulhara P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06409.x
Subject(s) - psychosis , psychopathology , psychology , personality , psychiatry , clinical psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , family history , medicine , social psychology
Manifest psychopathology, life events, family history and personality traits were studied in a group of 22 patients diagnosed to have reactive psychosis. Individually matched healthy controls were also assessed for life events. The patient group had significantly higher weighted stress scores than the controls. Compared with Scandinavian patients, the study patients had more delusions, hallucinations and emotional syndrome.