a young patient who presented with headache followed by positive and negative symptoms of psychosis and mutism was sent for the mri of brain. mri revealed a lipoma in the quardrigeminal area. we hypothesized that the neuro-vascular encasement of structures located at the upper dorsal midbrain by the lipoma caused the symptoms. a review of the current literature of quadrigeminal lipoma cases wit...

Introduction: Cerebral manifestations in mitochondrial disorders (MIDs) not only include neurological abnormalities, cognitive impairment, or dementia, but in single patients also psychiatric abnormalities, in particular psychosis. Problem formation: Is there a difference between mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial psychosis? How can mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial psychosis be delineated? ...

BACKGROUND In people with psychosis, physical comorbidities, including cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, are highly prevalent and leading contributors to the premature mortality encountered. However, little is known about physical health multimorbidity in this population or in people with subclinical psychosis and in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study explores physical he...

objective: schizophrenia and other psychoses have devastating personal and social impacts and many efforts have been devoted to study ‎prodromal syndromes for psychosis in order to achieve earlier detection and interventions. however, only few studies have been ‎performed in developing countries on this subject, and there is a dearth of evidence in the iranian population. in this study, we ‎foc...

BACKGROUND Psychosis is common in patients with Alzheimer disease. While the relationship between psychosis and clinical variables has been examined frequently, few studies have examined the relationship between psychosis and the 2 major neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease: neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques. We characterized the occurrence of psychosis in relation to demen...

Psychosis is common in Parkinson's disease (PD), particularly in its later stages. The symptoms range from comparatively minor illusions, vivid dreams, and occasional, non-disturbing visual hallucinations to frank psychosis. The pathogenesis of psychosis in PD is not fully known. Management of psychosis in PD requires a multidisciplinary approach. Some of the newer atypical antipsychotics are e...

A case of recurrent pre and postpartum psychosis is described. Pre-partum psychosis was more severe in intensity when compared with postpartum psychosis and, if untreated, it may have continued as postpartum psychosis. Presence of bipolar affective illness in the family, ongoing stressor and unplanned pregnancy may be the risk factors for developing pregnancy- related psychosis. This case repor...

Violence in first episode psychosis presents in variable forms. Most studies have focused on physical aggression and its link to first episode psychosis. There is inconclusive evidence supporting a link between duration of untreated psychosis with violence. Besides only a handful of cases with psychosis could pose a threat for violent behavior. Predictors of violence in first episode psychosis ...

The knowledge about unspecified psychosis is far from adequate currently. During a period of more than 3 years, 58 cases of Psychosis NOS or unspecified psychosis had been diagnosed and during a follow-up of more than 3 years, 21% cases developed Affective disorders, 16% cases developed reactive psychosis and 9% were diagnosed Schizophrenia during subsequent course of illness. 55% cases maintai...