Delusions
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Withdrawal syndrome after abuse of GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate) and its physiological precursors - its relevance for child and adolescent psychiatrists]

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The chronic abuse of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) as a designer drug as well as it's physiological precursors Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-Butandiole (1,4-BD) confronts child and adolescent psychiatrists with new challenges. The ... Read more...

Lack of association between neuropsychological performance and level of psychosis-proneness in an adolescent psychiatric sample.

30 Aug 2009 Studies of the prodromal stage of schizophrenia show that the late prepsychotic phase is associated with mild neuropsychological deficits that parallel those of schizophrenia. However, it is still unclear whether this association is present across ... Read more...

Disorder or delusion? Living with Morgellons disease.

30 Jul 2009 Whether Morgellons disease is a delusional disorder or even a disease has been a mystery for more than 300 years. Symptoms of Morgellons include crawling and stinging sensations, feeling of "bugs" and/or fiber-like material beneath the skin, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Delusions'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Withdrawal syndrome after abuse of GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate) and its physiological precursors - its relevance for child and adolescent psychiatrists] 30 Aug 2009
• Lack of association between neuropsychological performance and level of psychosis-proneness in an adolescent psychiatric sample. 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of socioeconomic status on delusional-like experiences in adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Human uniqueness and the denial of death. 4 Aug 2009
• Disorder or delusion? Living with Morgellons disease. 30 Jul 2009
• More attention should be paid to schizophrenic patients with risk of violent offences. 30 Jul 2009
• Is elevated striatal dopamine function a prodromal sign of schizophrenia? 30 Jul 2009
• In what sense 'familiar'? Examining experiential differences within pathologies of facial recognition. 20 Jul 2009
• Multimodal cognitive therapy: combining treatments that bypass cognitive deficits and deal with reasoning and appraisal biases. 18 Jul 2009
• Cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis: where have we been and where are we going? 15 Jul 2009
• The impact of personality characteristics on the clinical expression in neurodegenerative disorders--a review. 14 Jul 2009
• [Acute psychosis caused by co-amoxiclav] 6 Jul 2009
• Predictors of outcome in brief cognitive behavior therapy for schizophrenia. 29 Jun 2009
• Risk factors for delusion of theft in patients with Alzheimer's disease showing mild dementia in Japan. 29 Jun 2009
• Delusional parasitosis following heroin withdrawal: a case report. 29 Jun 2009
• [From case to case: depression and delusions] 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: data from a geriatric clinic in India. 2 Jun 2009
• [Post-partum delusion of pregnancy: an integrated view] 30 May 2009
• Perceptions of paranoid thoughts in a nonclinical group of college students. 30 May 2009
• Pathogenesis and symptomatology of hallucinations (delusions) of organic brain disorder and schizophrenia. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Delusions'

Definition: A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.

Descriptor UI: D003702

Alternative terms: Delusions; Delusion;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.200;

Technical Notes: this is the French "délire"; do not confuse with ILLUSIONS