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Delusional disorder risk factors
Introduction
Overview
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
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
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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