Querulent paranoia: a follow-up.
This study deals with all querulent paranoias admitted to Gaustad Hospital during 1938-1972. As querulent paranoia is a rare clinical condition, a plea is made for a multicenter study. We had only 22 cases, but most of them have a follow-up over several years, so that we are able to know fairly well the long-term course of illness. The family background has very little to do with schizophrenia and manic-depressive psychoses. It seems that querulent paranoia is a psychogenic disorder, based on deviant personality structures and unlucky personal experiences. Somatic treatments with ECT and drugs have no effects.
D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger; D001242:Assertiveness; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010553:Personality Development