| Relationship between the neuroses and brief reactive psychosis: descriptive case studies in Africa. | |
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PMID: 1389027 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Predominant psychopathology in a selected population group--adolescents and young adults at school--in a developing country, is described. The highly selective referral to services was supplemented by active case finding in the community over three years. There were 54 cases of somaticised anxiety (brain fag); 22 cases of depressive neurosis characterised by hypochondriasis, cognitive complaints, and culturally determined paranoid ideation; 23 cases of 'hysteria' in the form of dissociative states, pseudoseizures and fugues; and 39 cases of brief reactive psychosis which differed from the dissociative states more in duration and intensity than in form. There was a temporal relationship between transient psychosis and the school calendar. Anxiety or depression often predated the florid psychotic reaction which served as a form of help-seeking behaviour or defence in intolerable stress. |
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Authors:
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E A Guinness |
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
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Title: The British journal of psychiatry. Supplement Volume: - ISSN: 0960-5371 ISO Abbreviation: Br J Psychiatry Suppl Publication Date: 1992 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1992-11-23 Completed Date: 1992-11-23 Revised Date: 2008-02-22 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9001294 Medline TA: Br J Psychiatry Suppl Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 12-23 Citation Subset: IM |
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Adolescent Adult Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis, epidemiology, psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Depressive Disorder / diagnosis, epidemiology, psychology Developing Countries* Female Humans Hysteria / diagnosis, epidemiology, psychology Incidence Male Neurotic Disorders / diagnosis, epidemiology*, psychology Panic Disorder / diagnosis, epidemiology, psychology Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis, epidemiology*, psychology Seasons Social Change* Somatoform Disorders / diagnosis, epidemiology*, psychology Swaziland / epidemiology Urbanization* |
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