Gender differences in delusional disorder: Evidence from an outpatient sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 235-239

  de Portugal, Enrique ^a   González, Nieves ^b   Miriam, Vilaplana, ^b   Haro, Josep M ^b,c   Usall, Judit ^b,c   Cervilla, Jorge A ^d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delusial disorder; Gender; Paranoia; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HALLUCINATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRY INTERVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SHEEHAN DISABILITY INTERVIEW; SINGLE MAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952423104     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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