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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
16
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-11-23
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| pubmed:abstractText |
In a three-year prospective study of service-based incidence of functional psychoses in Africa, 94 cases of brief reactive psychosis were compared with 56 cases of schizophreniform syndromes, 29 cases of DSM-III schizophrenia and 14 of manic-depressive psychosis. This was supplemented by retrospective study of the same syndromes not in their first episode. Brief reactive psychosis was found to be a composite syndrome. The 50% with preceding depression were a distinct group, in terms of course and demographic features. Of those with intense prodromal anxiety, most were a single episode precipitated by a major life event, a few showed a recurrent long-term pattern. Schizophrenia was heralded, or presented unequivocally months or years later, in 10-20%. The schizophreniform group comprised a range of atypical psychoses intermediate between the transient and major psychoses. The pattern of precipitants and the over-representation of education and paid employment in the acute syndromes, compared with the major psychoses, in a society which was largely first-generation educated, suggested a link with rapid social change.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0960-5371
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
24-41
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2008-2-22
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Bipolar Disorder,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Cross-Sectional Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Delusions,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Developing Countries,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Life Change Events,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Pregnancy,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Psychoses, Substance-Induced,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Psychotic Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Recurrence,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Schizophrenia,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Schizophrenic Psychology,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Social Change,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Social Environment,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Swaziland,
pubmed-meshheading:1389028-Urbanization
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| pubmed:year |
1992
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Brief reactive psychosis and the major functional psychoses: descriptive case studies in Africa.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports
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