title: Prader-Willi psychiatric syndrome and Velo-Cardio-Facial psychiatric syndrome.
abstract: Prader-Willi psychiatric syndrome and Velo-Cardio-Facial psychiatric syndrome: Similar to the studies on behavioural phenotypes, it is suggested to more rigorously promote the investigation of psychopathological phenotypes. The psychopathological profile in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) or Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS) appears to be not classifiable within the current nosological systems. On a descriptive level, PWS-psychotic states show similarities with the cycloid psychoses, but VCFS psychosis does not. It is therefore advocated to adopt the notion of a brain-structure phenotype as well as that of a syndrome-specific psychiatric disorder.
authors.affiliation: Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, Venray, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tuinier
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Curfs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D013577:Syndrome