title: Paraphrenia revisited.
abstract: Paranoid disorders of late life, commonly known as paraphrenia, are not uncommon. This article reviews the history of the concept, the classification, the possible risk factors implicated in causation and the natural history of the disorder. Evidence suggests that paraphrenia is distinct from schizophrenia and that an organic substrate probably exists in most cases.
authors.affiliation: St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naguib
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy