Symptoms
Psychosis
Neurosis
Hallucinations
+
-
Delusions
+
-
Thought disorder
+
-
Reality testing
Impaired
Intact
Insight
Impaired
Retained
Neurotic, stress-related and
somatoform disorders
Symptom or group of symptoms
Behaviour greatly effected but socially
acceptable
Insight and reality testing retained
Personality not disorganised
Epidemiology
Prevalence
\ue000Age group
25-44
\ue000Life time
40%
\ue000Mean number
2.1
\ue000General practice 9%
\ue000Mixed anx & dep 80%
Life events risk
\ue000Vulnerability factors
\ue000Long term difficulties
\ue000Provoking factor
Socioeconomic status
\ue000Lower social class & educational
status
\ue000Urban areas
Marriage
\ue000Protective factor for males
Childhood behaviour &
neurosis
\ue000No relation with neurosis
\ue000Conduct disorder related to
antisocial personality dis
Mortality
\ue000Higher 1.5 times
\ue000Risk of suicide & substance
abuse
Outcome after one year
\ue00025% improve
\ue00050% variable course
\ue00025% deteriorate
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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform dis
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| Upload Date: | 12/03/2009 |
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