Psychotic Disorders - Ethnology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The CYP2D6 metaboliser status of patients prescribed risperidone for the treatment of psychosis.

3 Jun 2009 AIM: To identify the distribution of CYP2D6 metaboliser status in patients who were being prescribed risperidone for the treatment of psychosis in a New Zealand-based clinical population. METHOD: 100 AmpliChip CYP450 Test kits were made available by ... Read more...

Design and clinical characteristics of a homogeneous schizophrenia pedigree sample from Tamil Nadu, India.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: The genetic complexity of schizophrenia may be compounded by the diagnostic imprecision inherent in distinguishing schizophrenia from closely related mood and substance use disorders. Further complexity may arise from studying genetically ... Read more...

A schizophrenia gene locus on chromosome 17q21 in a new set of families of Mexican and central american ancestry: evidence from the NIMH Genetics of schizophrenia in latino populations study.

31 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVE: The present study investigated a new set of families of Latin American ancestry in order to detect the location of genes predisposing to schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. METHOD: A genome-wide scan was performed for 175 newly ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychotic Disorders - Ethnology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The CYP2D6 metaboliser status of patients prescribed risperidone for the treatment of psychosis. 3 Jun 2009
• The cultural myth of Koro conceptualization: time for a rethink. 30 May 2009
• Design and clinical characteristics of a homogeneous schizophrenia pedigree sample from Tamil Nadu, India. 30 May 2009
• Response to 'The social determinants of psychosis in migrant and ethnic minority populations: a public health tragedy'. 27 May 2009
• The role of epigenetics in the raised incidence rates of psychoses among migrant groups. 29 Apr 2009
• A schizophrenia gene locus on chromosome 17q21 in a new set of families of Mexican and central american ancestry: evidence from the NIMH Genetics of schizophrenia in latino populations study. 31 Jan 2009
• Foreign-born and Swedish-born families' perceptions of psychosis care. 30 Jan 2009
• Safe return to homeland of an illegal immigrant with psychosis. 30 Dec 2008
• Ethnicity, social disadvantage and psychotic-like experiences in a healthy population based sample. 29 Nov 2008
• Three year outcomes in an early intervention service for psychosis in a multicultural and multiethnic population. 29 Nov 2008
• Cumulative social disadvantage, ethnicity and first-episode psychosis: a case-control study. 29 Nov 2008
• Raised incidence rates of all psychoses among migrant groups: findings from the East London first episode psychosis study. 30 Oct 2008
• The period of untreated psychosis before treatment initiation: a qualitative study of family members' perspectives. 30 Oct 2008
• Crisis engagement in mental health: a New Zealand Maori contribution. 29 Sep 2008
• Further evidence for an association of G72/G30 with schizophrenia in Chinese. 2 Sep 2008
• Complementary treatment of psychotic and epileptic patients in malaysia. 30 Aug 2008
• Ethnicity and quality of antipsychotic prescribing among in-patients in south London. 30 Jul 2008
• Mode of onset of psychosis and family involvement in help-seeking as determinants of duration of untreated psychosis. 3 Jul 2008
• Psychoses, ethnicity and socio-economic status. 29 Jun 2008
• Psychosis risk for parents and siblings of Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch patients with non-affective psychotic disorder. 7 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Psychotic Disorders'

Definition: Disorders in which there is a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing with delusions or prominent hallucinations. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D011618

Alternative terms: Psychotic Disorders; Disorder, Psychotic; Disorders, Psychotic; Psychotic Disorder; Psychoses; Schizoaffective Disorder; Disorder, Schizoaffective; Disorders, Schizoaffective; Schizoaffective Disorders; Schizophreniform Disorders; Disorder, Schizophreniform; Disorders, Schizophreniform; Schizophreniform Disorder; Psychosis, Brief Reactive; Brief Reactive Psychoses; Brief Reactive Psychosis; Psychoses, Brief Reactive; Reactive Psychoses, Brief; Reactive Psychosis, Brief;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; 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: F03.700.675;

Online Note: use PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS to search PSYCHOSES 1966-80

History Note: 81; was PSYCHOSES 1963-80

Technical Notes: puerperal psychoses = PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (IM) + PUERPERAL DISORDERS (IM); psychoses or psychotic disord in children = CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE