Delusional disorder risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of delusional disorder are family history of paranoid personality disorder, sensory impairment, age, subtle brain abnormality, social isolation, personality (sensitivity; narcissistic traits), immigration, lower socioeconomic status.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Risk Factors
Risk factors for delusional disorder include the following:[1][2][8][4][5][6][9]
- Family history of paranoid personality disorder
- Age (34-45 years)
- Subtle brain abnormality (e.g, head trauma)
- Social isolation
- Personality (sensitivity; narcissistic traits)
- Sensory impairment
- Immigration
- Lower socioeconomic status
- Drug abuse
- Excessive stress
- Celibacy among men
- Widowhood among women
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thewissen V, Myin-Germeys I, Bentall R, de Graaf R, Vollebergh W, van Os J (2005). “Hearing impairment and psychosis revisited”. Schizophr Res. 76 (1): 99–103. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2004.10.013. PMID 15927803.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Munro A, Mok H (1995). “An overview of treatment in paranoia/delusional disorder”. Can J Psychiatry. 40 (10): 616–22. PMID 8681259.
- ↑ Munro, Alistair. Delusional disorder paranoia and related illnesses. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Print.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kendler KS, Walsh D (1995). “Schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified: clinical features, outcome and familial psychopathology”. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 91 (6): 370–8. PMID 7676834.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 de Portugal E, González N, Haro JM, Autonell J, Cervilla JA (2008). “A descriptive case-register study of delusional disorder”. Eur Psychiatry. 23 (2): 125–33. doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.10.001. PMID 18082379.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kendler KS, Masterson CC, Davis KL (1985). “Psychiatric illness in first-degree relatives of patients with paranoid psychosis, schizophrenia and medical illness”. Br J Psychiatry. 147: 524–31. PMID 4075047.
- ↑ Fujii, Daryl, and Iqbal Ahmed. The Spectrum of Psychotic Disorders Neurobiology, Etiology & Pathogenesis. City: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2012. Print.
- ↑ Munro, Alistair. Delusional disorder paranoia and related illnesses. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Print.
- ↑ Fujii, Daryl, and Iqbal Ahmed. The Spectrum of Psychotic Disorders Neurobiology, Etiology & Pathogenesis. City: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2012. Print.
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