title: Psychopathology of organic mental disorders due to infections in the antibiotics era. Stability of syndromes and classification.
abstract: 104 patients diagnosed as having an organic mental disorder due to infection were classified according to DSM III criteria. The vast majority of patients (76%) fulfilled the criteria of delirium, 6% that of organic hallucinosis, while others had to be classified as affective, personality or delusional syndrome. We found a great instability of syndromes causing classification problems. A classification rule is suggested, which we called 'compromise of clinical reality'.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Hospital, University of Bonn, FRG.
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authors.lastname: Marneros
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authors.lastname: Rohde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents