paraphrenia

Epidemiology

• infrequenly diagnosed

Clinical manifestations

• similar to paranoid schizophrenia
  • better-preserved affect & rapport
  • much less personality deterioration

Differential diagnosis

• atypical psychosis
• schizoaffective disorder
• delusional disorder

Notes

• little research
• not recognized in DSM-IV or ICD10
• recognized in ICD9

More general terms

• psychiatric disease; behavioral disorder