title: [Psychogenic reaction: course and prognostic factors].
abstract: A follow-up was made of ninety patients with a diagnosed psychogenic reaction (adjustment disorder) fourteen years after the index hospitalisation. Contrary to expectation, at the follow-up only half of the patients showed no symptoms of the illness. Approximately a quarter of the patients suffered from a more serious illness (drug dependence, schizophrenia or organic mental disorder) than the index diagnosis. The other quarter showed symptoms of a psychogenic disorder (neurotic disorder, personality disorder, adjustment disorder). A number of factors which describe the course of the illness leading to the index hospitalisation permit a prediction of the outcome of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Psychiatrie, Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Vetter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kempkensteffen
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012917:Social Adjustment
vernacular_title: Die psychogene Reaktion: Verlauf und prognostische Faktoren.