Pregabalin Induced Confusional State with Paranoid Delusions

Pregabalin Induced Confusional State with Paranoid Delusions

A 70yearold woman presented to an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility on postoperative day three, after undergoing left total knee arthroplasty. Her past medical history included severe osteoarthritis, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus type 2 and was negative for any psychiatric illness. The patient took metformin, celecoxib, and oxycodone/acetaminophen prior to undergoing surgical interv...

Family and peer relationships in children with paranoid delusions.

Confusional State in Stroke

Background and Purpose—Acute confusional state (ACS) is frequent in hospitalized stroke patients. We previously showed that 16% of patients admitted for a stroke have preexisting dementia. The extent to which preexisting cognitive decline is associated with a risk of ACS at the acute stage of stroke remains to be systematically examined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of A...

Are there delusions specific for paranoid disorders vs. schizophrenia?

DSM-III proposes that only persecutory delusions and delusions of jealousy can occur in paranoid disorders, all other types of delusions in the absence of an affective syndrome being indicative of schizophrenia. The scant empirical evidence relevant to this issue suggests that the type of delusion on admission is not predictive of outcome in patients with paranoid psychosis. These findings rais...

Review Article Paranoid Delusions: a Review of Theoretical Explanations

Objective: There are two general theoretical explanations for delusions, the deficit and the motivational. In the deficit approach, scientists have argued that delusions are the consequences of fundamental perceptual or reasoning deficits which cause the individual to misunderstand what is happening in the world. The second approach views delusions as serving a defensive, palliative function, a...