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Unspecified Type Delusional Disorder

MedGen UID:
452762
•Concept ID:
C0855264
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

Definition

A subtype of delusional disorder applied when the dominant delusional theme cannot be clearly determined. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVUnspecified Type Delusional Disorder

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Dementia and cognitive disorder identified at a forensic psychiatric examination - a study from Sweden.
Ekström A, Kristiansson M, Björkstén KS
BMC Geriatr 2017 Sep 18;17(1):219. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0614-1. PMID: 28923026Free PMC Article
Capgras' syndrome in first-episode psychotic disorders.
Salvatore P, Bhuvaneswar C, Tohen M, Khalsa HM, Maggini C, Baldessarini RJ
Psychopathology 2014;47(4):261-9. Epub 2014 Feb 7 doi: 10.1159/000357813. PMID: 24516070Free PMC Article
Delusional disorder: retrospective analysis of 86 Chinese outpatients.
Hsiao MC, Liu CY, Yang YY, Yeh EK
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1999 Dec;53(6):673-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00624.x. PMID: 10687749
Risk of suicide by psychiatric diagnosis in Stockholm County. A longitudinal study of 80,970 psychiatric inpatients.
Allgulander C, Allebeck P, Przybeck TR, Rice JP
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1992;241(5):323-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02195984. PMID: 1606198
Long-term prognosis and followup in schizophrenia.
Stephens JH
Schizophr Bull 1978;4(1):25-47. doi: 10.1093/schbul/4.1.25. PMID: 34208

Diagnosis

Dementia and cognitive disorder identified at a forensic psychiatric examination - a study from Sweden.
Ekström A, Kristiansson M, Björkstén KS
BMC Geriatr 2017 Sep 18;17(1):219. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0614-1. PMID: 28923026Free PMC Article
Capgras' syndrome in first-episode psychotic disorders.
Salvatore P, Bhuvaneswar C, Tohen M, Khalsa HM, Maggini C, Baldessarini RJ
Psychopathology 2014;47(4):261-9. Epub 2014 Feb 7 doi: 10.1159/000357813. PMID: 24516070Free PMC Article
Delusional disorder: retrospective analysis of 86 Chinese outpatients.
Hsiao MC, Liu CY, Yang YY, Yeh EK
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1999 Dec;53(6):673-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00624.x. PMID: 10687749
Age at onset of delusional disorder is dependent on the delusional theme.
Yamada N, Nakajima S, Noguchi T
Acta Psychiatr Scand 1998 Feb;97(2):122-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09973.x. PMID: 9517905
Long-term prognosis and followup in schizophrenia.
Stephens JH
Schizophr Bull 1978;4(1):25-47. doi: 10.1093/schbul/4.1.25. PMID: 34208

Therapy

Frequency and correlates of antipsychotic polypharmacy among patients with schizophrenia in Denmark: A nation-wide pharmacoepidemiological study.
Sneider B, Pristed SG, Correll CU, Nielsen J
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2015 Oct;25(10):1669-76. Epub 2015 May 7 doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.04.027. PMID: 26256007
Promazine in the treatment of delusional parasitosis.
Cubała WJ, Jakuszkowiak-Wojten K, Burkiewicz A, Wroñska A
Psychiatr Danub 2011 Jun;23(2):198-9. PMID: 21685861
Delusional disorder: retrospective analysis of 86 Chinese outpatients.
Hsiao MC, Liu CY, Yang YY, Yeh EK
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1999 Dec;53(6):673-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00624.x. PMID: 10687749
Long-term prognosis and followup in schizophrenia.
Stephens JH
Schizophr Bull 1978;4(1):25-47. doi: 10.1093/schbul/4.1.25. PMID: 34208

Prognosis

Risk of suicide by psychiatric diagnosis in Stockholm County. A longitudinal study of 80,970 psychiatric inpatients.
Allgulander C, Allebeck P, Przybeck TR, Rice JP
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1992;241(5):323-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02195984. PMID: 1606198
Long-term prognosis and followup in schizophrenia.
Stephens JH
Schizophr Bull 1978;4(1):25-47. doi: 10.1093/schbul/4.1.25. PMID: 34208

Clinical prediction guides

Frequency and correlates of antipsychotic polypharmacy among patients with schizophrenia in Denmark: A nation-wide pharmacoepidemiological study.
Sneider B, Pristed SG, Correll CU, Nielsen J
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2015 Oct;25(10):1669-76. Epub 2015 May 7 doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.04.027. PMID: 26256007
Long-term prognosis and followup in schizophrenia.
Stephens JH
Schizophr Bull 1978;4(1):25-47. doi: 10.1093/schbul/4.1.25. PMID: 34208

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