Physical illness and psychosis.
One hundred psychotic patients referred to a consultation service in a general hospital were compared with 50 psychotic patients without physical illness in a psychiatric unit. Background, mental and cognitive state were evaluated. In addition to providing a list of likely causes of cerebral dysfunction in such a sample, the study revealed an increased incidence of prior depression in those with cerebral dysfunction, and identified a group where psychosocial factors appeared more significant than cerebral dysfunction in determining the psychosis. The various ways in which a psychosis can be associated with a physical condition, and the various forms that it can take even when cerebral dysfunction is present, are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*