- 만발성 정신분열증 4례
- ㆍ 저자명
- 박종득,윤도준,Park. Jong Deuk,Yoon. Doh Joon
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 생물정신의학
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 1995년|2권 2호|pp.295-300 (6 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한생물정신의학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Late-onset schizophrenia(LOS) is a controversial entity. It has been thought that onset of schizophrenia is limited to early adulthood, but many European psychiatrists have reported on the occurrence of schizophrenia in late life. DSM-III restricted the diagnosis of schizophrenia to patients with onset of illness before age 45 years. But, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and ICD-10 recognize no upper limit to the age at onset of schizophrenia. Patients with LOS have more visual, tactile, and olfactory hallucinations. Patients with LOS have more persecutory delusions, premorbid schizoid personality traits, and less affective blunting. The course of illness was favorable in LOS. We present four cases of LOS. Their detailed clinical features are reported hear with brief review.