Background With the development of psychiatric science the group of Personality Disorders becomes clearly defined and within the various existing classifications a well-defined group stands out, characterized mainly by the cold affect and by the lack of empathy. The historical overview of the Paranoid and the Schizoid Personality Disorders reveals extremely high historical (temporal) stability ...

Neologism and private usage of stock words have long been considered as uncommon disorders of schizophrenic thought and speech.however,,a review of current literature and psychiatric textbooks reveals few clinical examples.in this article a paranoid  schizophrenic patient with extensive speech disorder has been presented and his neologistic production,private meaning of stoch words and other sp...

Kristen Porter Ian Hales Capstone ATLS 4010 March 11, 2015 DSM-V Revisions and The Interpretation of Measurable Traits Versus The Diagnoses of Personality Disorders Personality disorders are commonly defined as patterns of cognition, affectivity, interpersonal behavior, and impulse control that culturally deviate from the norm, that are pervasive, inflexible, and substantially hinder the daily ...

Schizophreniais a mental disorder which is characterized by thoughtsor experiences that seem out of touch with reality, disorganized speech or behavior and decreased participation in daily activities. Difficulty concentration memory may also be present. Schizophrenia mainly affects adolescence young adults. Genes play major role schizophrenia. There are five types schizophrenia (paranoid, hebep...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used an effective treatment in the management of psychiatric disorders in pregnancy. Reports of ECT use in all trimesters of pregnancy are available in literature. When used judiciously with fetal monitoring it is a safe and effective treatment for psychiatric disorders in pregnancy. We report here a case of paranoid schizophrenia that successfully recov...

CONTEXT Patterns of comorbidity among mental disorders are thought to reflect the natural organization of mental illness. Factor analysis can be used to investigate this structure and construct a quantitative classification system. Prior studies identified 3 dimensions of psychopathology: internalizing, externalizing, and thought disorder. However, research has largely relied on common disorder...

This study examines in detail - i) the magnitude, nature and severity of thought disorder in schizophrenia, ii) the correlations between type and severity of thought disorder with socio-demographic and clinical variables, and iii) differences between different subtypes of schizophrenia. Forty five schizophrenics (Research Diagnostic Criteria) were assessed by 'live' interview as well as tape re...