[A third kind of psychosis. Analysis of the literature]

(Zur Frage einer dritten Psychose. Eine Literaturanalyse.)

Full Abstract

Undoubtedly there exist atypical functional psychoses which differ significantly from schizophrenia and manic depressive illness. However, the atypical psychoses are conceptualized in various ways and they represent a quite heterogenous group of disorders. Regarding their main characteristics, they can be classified as 1. schizoaffective psychoses with a predominantly atypical phenomenology, 2. cycloid psychoses with a predominantly atypical course, and 3. psychogenic psychoses with a predominantly atypical etiology. For heuristic and clinical reasons it is recommendable: 1. to separate atypical psychoses from schizophrenia and manic depressive disorder and 2. to handle each of the three depicted forms of atypical psychoses as a different and independent group, regardless of possible overlaps.

Author information

Author/s: Modestin, J (J); Bachmann, K M (KM);

Affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie (Zurich, Switzerland : 1985) (Schweiz Arch Neurol Psychiatr), published in SWITZERLAND. (Language: ger)

Reference: 1992-; vol 143 (issue 4) : pp 307-23

Dates: Created 1992/12/08; Completed 1992/12/08; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 1279790, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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