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Delusional atmosphere

MedGen UID:
1052019
•Concept ID:
CN375799
•
Finding
HPO: HP:5200427

Definition

Experience everything around them as sinister, portentous, uncanny, and peculiar in an indefinable way. They know that they are personally involved but cannot tell how. They have a feeling of anticipation, sometimes even excitement, that soon all the separate parts of their experience will fit together to reveal something immensely significant. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDelusional atmosphere

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Association Between Ambient Heat and Risk of Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health Among US Adults, 2010 to 2019.
Nori-Sarma A, Sun S, Sun Y, Spangler KR, Oblath R, Galea S, Gradus JL, Wellenius GA
JAMA Psychiatry 2022 Apr 1;79(4):341-349. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4369. PMID: 35195664Free PMC Article
Uncovering the realities of delusional experience in schizophrenia: a qualitative phenomenological study in Belgium.
Feyaerts J, Kusters W, Van Duppen Z, Vanheule S, Myin-Germeys I, Sass L
Lancet Psychiatry 2021 Sep;8(9):784-796. Epub 2021 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00196-6. PMID: 34358475
The association between ozone and fine particles and mental health-related emergency department visits in California, 2005-2013.
Nguyen AM, Malig BJ, Basu R
PLoS One 2021;16(4):e0249675. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249675. PMID: 33798241Free PMC Article
Temporal dynamics of suspiciousness and hallucinations in clinical high risk and first episode psychosis.
Hermans K, van der Steen Y, Kasanova Z, van Winkel R, Reininghaus U, Lataster T, Bechdolf A, Gimpel-Drees J, Wagner M, Myin-Germeys I
Psychiatry Res 2020 Aug;290:113039. Epub 2020 May 14 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113039. PMID: 32460186
The effect of heat waves on mental health in a temperate Australian city.
Hansen A, Bi P, Nitschke M, Ryan P, Pisaniello D, Tucker G
Environ Health Perspect 2008 Oct;116(10):1369-75. Epub 2008 Jun 30 doi: 10.1289/ehp.11339. PMID: 18941580Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Association Between Ambient Heat and Risk of Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health Among US Adults, 2010 to 2019.
Nori-Sarma A, Sun S, Sun Y, Spangler KR, Oblath R, Galea S, Gradus JL, Wellenius GA
JAMA Psychiatry 2022 Apr 1;79(4):341-349. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4369. PMID: 35195664Free PMC Article
Uncovering the realities of delusional experience in schizophrenia: a qualitative phenomenological study in Belgium.
Feyaerts J, Kusters W, Van Duppen Z, Vanheule S, Myin-Germeys I, Sass L
Lancet Psychiatry 2021 Sep;8(9):784-796. Epub 2021 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00196-6. PMID: 34358475
Double bookkeeping and schizophrenia spectrum: divided unified phenomenal consciousness.
Parnas J, Urfer-Parnas A, Stephensen H
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021 Dec;271(8):1513-1523. Epub 2020 Sep 8 doi: 10.1007/s00406-020-01185-0. PMID: 32901298Free PMC Article
Temporal dynamics of suspiciousness and hallucinations in clinical high risk and first episode psychosis.
Hermans K, van der Steen Y, Kasanova Z, van Winkel R, Reininghaus U, Lataster T, Bechdolf A, Gimpel-Drees J, Wagner M, Myin-Germeys I
Psychiatry Res 2020 Aug;290:113039. Epub 2020 May 14 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113039. PMID: 32460186
Delusional atmosphere.
Berner P
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 1991 Nov;(14):88-93. PMID: 1840788

Therapy

The association between ozone and fine particles and mental health-related emergency department visits in California, 2005-2013.
Nguyen AM, Malig BJ, Basu R
PLoS One 2021;16(4):e0249675. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249675. PMID: 33798241Free PMC Article
Temporal dynamics of suspiciousness and hallucinations in clinical high risk and first episode psychosis.
Hermans K, van der Steen Y, Kasanova Z, van Winkel R, Reininghaus U, Lataster T, Bechdolf A, Gimpel-Drees J, Wagner M, Myin-Germeys I
Psychiatry Res 2020 Aug;290:113039. Epub 2020 May 14 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113039. PMID: 32460186
Successful use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest due to amitriptyline and venlafaxine intoxication.
Kontio T, Salo A, Kantola T, Toivonen L, Skrifvars MB
Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2015 Jun;5(2):104-9. Epub 2015 Apr 13 doi: 10.1089/ther.2014.0030. PMID: 25867296

Prognosis

Successful use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest due to amitriptyline and venlafaxine intoxication.
Kontio T, Salo A, Kantola T, Toivonen L, Skrifvars MB
Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2015 Jun;5(2):104-9. Epub 2015 Apr 13 doi: 10.1089/ther.2014.0030. PMID: 25867296
Delusional depression and bipolar spectrum: evidence for a possible association from a family study of children.
Weissman MM, Warner V, John K, Prusoff BA, Merikangas KR, Wickramaratne P, Gammon GD
Neuropsychopharmacology 1988 Dec;1(4):257-64. PMID: 3251505
Methodological problems in follow-up studies of paranoid psychoses.
Opjordsmoen S, Retterstøl N
Psychiatr Dev 1985 Summer;3(2):187-204. PMID: 4048146

Clinical prediction guides

The association between ozone and fine particles and mental health-related emergency department visits in California, 2005-2013.
Nguyen AM, Malig BJ, Basu R
PLoS One 2021;16(4):e0249675. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249675. PMID: 33798241Free PMC Article
Double bookkeeping and schizophrenia spectrum: divided unified phenomenal consciousness.
Parnas J, Urfer-Parnas A, Stephensen H
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021 Dec;271(8):1513-1523. Epub 2020 Sep 8 doi: 10.1007/s00406-020-01185-0. PMID: 32901298Free PMC Article
Season of birth effect on psychotic-like experiences in Japanese adolescents.
Tochigi M, Nishida A, Shimodera S, Okazaki Y, Sasaki T
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2013 Feb;22(2):89-93. Epub 2012 Sep 17 doi: 10.1007/s00787-012-0326-1. PMID: 22983561Free PMC Article
The effect of heat waves on mental health in a temperate Australian city.
Hansen A, Bi P, Nitschke M, Ryan P, Pisaniello D, Tucker G
Environ Health Perspect 2008 Oct;116(10):1369-75. Epub 2008 Jun 30 doi: 10.1289/ehp.11339. PMID: 18941580Free PMC Article
Remission of somatoparaphrenic delusion through vestibular stimulation.
Bisiach E, Rusconi ML, Vallar G
Neuropsychologia 1991;29(10):1029-31. doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(91)90066-h. PMID: 1762671

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