BACKGROUND Adverse effects of maternal substance use during pregnancy on fetal development may increase risk of psychopathology. AIMS To examine whether maternal use of tobacco, cannabis or alcohol during pregnancy increases risk of offspring psychotic symptoms. METHOD A longitudinal study of 6356 adolescents, age 12, who completed a semi-structured interview for psychotic symptoms in the A...

Psychosis is generally defined as a mental condition where there is a significant derangement in the perception of reality. Specific features of psychosis include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech (related to disorganized thinking) and bizarre behavior (based on the disorganized thinking). In Parkinson’s disease the most common source of psychotic symptoms is related to treatment w...

BACKGROUND In the field of dual diagnosis, physicians are frequently presented with pharmacological questions. Questions about the risk of developing psychotic symptoms in cocaine users who need treatment with dopaminergic drugs could lead to an undertreatment. OBJECTIVE Review the presence of psychotic symptoms in patients with cocaine abuse/dependence, in treatment with dopaminergic drugs. ...

BACKGROUND Psychosis in pediatric mood disorder patients may be related to suicidal ideation. Bipolar (BP) adolescents are at high risk of completed suicide. We examined whether pediatric BP patients with psychosis have a higher prevalence of suicidality than non-psychotic BP patients. Based on previous findings in adult BP patients, we predicted that pediatric BP patients with psychotic sympto...

psychosis, a relatively common condition that affects 3%-5% percent of the population, occurs in a variety of diagnostic contexts. various medical conditions may lead to the development of psychotic symptoms. to date psychotic disorders due to infection with hepatitis a virus (hav) have â been â rarely reported. in this paper, we described an acute psychotic disorder in an 18-year-old male diag...

INTRODUCTION Psychotic symptoms are highly prevalent in adolescents with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22qDS), with as many as half reporting transient psychotic symptoms. Anxiety is also commonly seen in this population, and patients frequently report both psychotic symptoms and anxiety. OBJECTIVE To describe the psychiatric presentation, course and management of primary anxiety disorders in pa...

The appearance of psychotic symptoms in childhood, albeit rare, is an important clinical entity. This importance extends beyond their clinical prevalence and has begun to influence our understanding of the principal psychotic conditions. The term psychosis is generally categoric and includes subgroups within it. It is clear that the peak onset of the most common psychotic disorders, schizophren...

AIM To investigate the prevalence rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comorbid psychiatric disorders and to explore psychotic symptoms in patients with combat-related current PTSD. METHOD The sample included Croatian war veterans (N=41) who were hospitalized at the University Department of Psychiatry of the Vrapèe Psychiatric Hospital during the 1995-1996 period and fulfilled the DS...

BACKGROUND Although they were once considered separate nosologic entities, there is current interest in the etiologic overlap between bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia. A critical issue concerns the familial basis of the overlap, specifically, the possibility of a distinct familial subtype of BD with psychotic features. METHODS We recruited individuals with BD from the community and com...