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Chadda RK, Sood M, Chawla N, Padmavati R, Thara R, Raghavan V, Shukla T, Patil V, Sen MS, Mohan M, Iyer S, Shah J, Madan J, Birchwood M, Meyer C, Lilford RJ, Furtado V, Currie G, Singh SP. Protocol-based assessment and management of first episode psychosis: Comparison of short and medium-term outcomes in psychopathology, quality of life, functioning and family burden across two sites in India. Asian J Psychiatr 2024; 98:104103. [PMID: 38905724 PMCID: PMC11331054 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND Standard assessment and management protocols exist for first episode psychosis (FEP) in high income countries. Due to cultural and resource differences, these need to be modified for application in low-and middle-income countries. AIMS To assess the applicability of standard assessment and management protocols across two cohorts of FEP patients in North and South India by examining trajectories of psychopathology, functioning, quality of life and family burden in both. METHOD FEP patients at two sites (108 at AIIMS, North India, and 115 at SCARF, South India) were assessed using structured instruments at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. Standard management protocols consisted of treatment with antipsychotics and psychoeducation for patients and their families. Generalised estimating equation (GEE) modelling was carried out to test for changes in outcomes both across and between sites at follow-up. RESULTS There was an overall significant improvement in both cohorts for psychopathology and other outcome measures. The trajectories of improvement differed between the two sites with steeper improvement in non-affective psychosis in the first three months at SCARF, and affective symptoms in the first three months at AIIMS. The reduction in family burden and improvement in quality of life were greater at AIIMS than at SCARF during the first three months. CONCLUSIONS Despite variations in cultural contexts and norms, it is possible to implement FEP standard assessment and management protocols in North and South India. Preliminary findings indicate that FEP services lead to significant improvements in psychopathology, functioning, quality of life, and family burden within these contexts.
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- Rakesh K Chadda
- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Quebec, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Quebec, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Division of Mental Health & Wellbeing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- WMG and Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Division of Mental Health & Wellbeing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Division of Mental Health & Wellbeing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Grover S, Kathiravan S. Acute and transient psychotic disorders: A review of Indian research. Indian J Psychiatry 2023; 65:895-913. [PMID: 37841545 PMCID: PMC10569331 DOI: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_254_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Background Acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) was recognized as separate from other psychotic disorders and described in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) tenth revision for the first time. A lot of research on ATPD has been conducted in India over the last six decades, but a review focusing exclusively on Indian research on ATPD is not available. Aim This paper aims to review the literature on ATPD emerging from India. Methodology A combination of search terms "Acute and Transient Psychosis," "acute psychosis," "non-affective psychosis," "non-affective psychotic disorder," "reactive psychosis," "first-episode psychosis," and "India" were searched on various search engines like PUBMED, Medknow, Hinari, and Google Scholar. We also did a hand search for additional relevant articles, including published abstracts of the Indian Journal of Psychiatry from 2007 to 2023. Relevant papers were selected. Results The prevalence of ATPD varies across different study settings, and it tends to have an abrupt to acute onset, and is primarily associated with stress. Few studies have assessed the subtypes of ATPD, and symptom profile has been inconsistently reported. There is a lack of trials on the effectiveness or efficacy of antipsychotics in ATPD patients. In a large proportion of patients initially diagnosed with ATPD, the diagnosis remains stable, with recurrence varying from 10% to 46.6% based on the duration of follow-up. Conclusion There is a need for more multicentric studies, studies with larger sample sizes, and consistency in data about risk factors. There is a need to evaluate symptom profile, course, outcome, and treatment outcomes in patients with ATPD using validated instruments to improve our understanding. Further, there is a need for comparative studies to evaluate the risk factors for ATPD.
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- Sandeep Grover
- Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Mishra KK, Patil V, Sathe HS, Reshamvala AM. Clinical features and outcomes in acute psychosis: A retrospective hospital-based study in rural patients of central India. Ind Psychiatry J 2023; 32:297-301. [PMID: 38161475 PMCID: PMC10756627 DOI: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_139_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Background Acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) is a distinct diagnostic category (F23) in ICD-10 which includes non-schizophrenic and non-affective psychoses following a transient course. The clinical features, diagnostic stability, and epidemiology of ATPD have not been adequately explored in the developing countries. The aim was to explore the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of ATPD as well as examine the diagnostic stability and longitudinal revisions in the diagnosis of ATPD. Material and Methods An observational retrospective study based on 10-year OPD records of ATPD patients was conducted in a tertiary health care center after ethics committee approval. A total of 120 patient records were analyzed for socio-demographic data, clinical symptoms, mental status examination findings, diagnosis on the first visit, and subsequent revisions in the diagnosis. Results The mean age of ATPD patients was 31.8 (±11.73) years. Delusion was the most common psychiatric symptom in ATPD patients followed by abnormal speech, hallucinations, and disorganized behavior. Antecedent psychosocial stressors were found in 44.2% cases. More than half of ATPD patients (51%) followed up after initial symptom remission and were diagnosed with chronic mental illnesses (schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorder). The ATPD patients experiencing a stressor at the onset of illness were less likely to develop chronic mental illness compared to the ones who did not have antecedent stressors. Conclusion Irrespective of the genetic and phenomenological distinctiveness of ATPD, which has led to its inclusion as a separate diagnostic category in ICD-10, ATPD is an unstable diagnosis.
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- Kshirod K. Mishra
- Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India
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Omigbodun OO, Ryan GK, Fasoranti B, Chibanda D, Esliker R, Sefasi A, Kakuma R, Shakespeare T, Eaton J. Reprioritising global mental health: psychoses in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Ment Health Syst 2023; 17:6. [PMID: 36978186 PMCID: PMC10043866 DOI: 10.1186/s13033-023-00574-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Arthur Kleinman's 2009 Lancet commentary described global mental health as a "moral failure of humanity", asserting that priorities should be based not on the epidemiological and utilitarian economic arguments that tend to favour common mental health conditions like mild to moderate depression and anxiety, but rather on the human rights of those in the most vulnerable situations and the suffering that they experience. Yet more than a decade later, people with severe mental health conditions like psychoses are still being left behind. Here, we add to Kleinman's appeal a critical review of the literature on psychoses in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting contradictions between local evidence and global narratives surrounding the burden of disease, the outcomes of schizophrenia, and the economic costs of mental health conditions. We identify numerous instances where the lack of regionally representative data and other methodological shortcomings undermine the conclusions of international research carried out to inform decision-making. Our findings point to the need not only for more research on psychoses in sub-Saharan Africa, but also for more representation and leadership in the conduct of research and in international priority-setting more broadly-especially by people with lived experience from diverse backgrounds. This paper aims to encourage debate about how this chronically under-resourced field, as part of wider conversations in global mental health, can be reprioritised.
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- O O Omigbodun
- Department of Psychiatry and Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 200212, Oyo State, Nigeria
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- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Mental Health, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 200212, Oyo State, Nigeria
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- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Mental Health, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
- Research Support Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Mental Health Department, University of Makeni, Lunsar-Makeni Highway, Makeni, Sierra Leone
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- Department of Mental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Mental Health, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Evidence in Disability, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Mental Health, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
- CBM Global Disability Inclusion, Dr.-Werner-Freyberg-Straβe 7, 69514, Laudenbach, Germany
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Shayganfard M. Are Essential Trace Elements Effective in Modulation of Mental Disorders? Update and Perspectives. Biol Trace Elem Res 2022; 200:1032-1059. [PMID: 33904124 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-021-02733-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The emergence of mental disorders is associated with several risk factors including genetic and environmental susceptibility. A group of nutrients serves an especially important role in a number of essential neurodevelopmental processes through brain areas promoting the high degree of brain metabolism during early life, although almost all nutrients are needed. These include macronutrients and micronutrients (e.g., iron, magnesium, zinc, copper, selenium). Numerous nutritional psychiatry trials have been performed to examine the correlation of many individual nutrients with mental health, such as essential trace elements. The increased accumulation or lack of such components will facilitate an alternative metabolic pathway that can lead to many diseases and conditions of neurodevelopment. Mental functions have biochemical bases, so the impairment of such neurochemical mechanisms due to lack of trace elements can have mental effects. In psychological conditions such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and autism, scientific studies demonstrate the putative role of trace element deficiency. Therefore, given the critical roles played by essential trace elements in the neurodevelopment and mental health, the effect of these elements' intake on the modulation of psychological functioning is reviewed.
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- Mehran Shayganfard
- Department of Psychiatry, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We review the ongoing research in the area of acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPDs) with regard to their nosology, epidemiology, clinical description, genetics, and neurobiology, examining evidence for distinctiveness or otherwise of ATPDs. We further highlight the lacuna in research in ATPDs. RECENT FINDINGS Studies on ATPDs as defined in the ICD 10 have been reported from different parts of the world, more so from the developing countries. There is consistent evidence that there exist a group of ATPDs that occur more commonly among females, are often precipitated by stressful life events or exposure to physiological stresses like fever, child birth, are associated with well-adjusted premorbid personality, and show complete recovery in a short period. Although in some cases of ATPDs, there is symptomatic overlap with schizophrenic symptoms in the acute phase, they follow a completely different course and outcome, exhibit genetic distinctiveness, and do not share genetic relationship with schizophrenias or bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). Comparative studies on neurophysiology and neuroimaging in ATPDs and schizophrenias have demonstrated evidence of hyper arousal and hyper metabolism in ATPDs vs hypo arousal and hypo metabolism as noted in the P300 response and on FDG PET studies, respectively. Immune markers such as IL-6, TNF-alpha, and TGF-beta show higher levels in ATPDs as compared to healthy controls. Findings on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying ATPDs, so far, point towards significant differences from those in schizophrenia or BPAD. Although the studies are few and far between, nevertheless, these point towards the possibility of ATPDs as a distinct entity and underscore the need for pursuing alternate hypothesis such as neuro inflammatory or metabolic. Research on ATPDs is limited due to many reasons including lack of harmony between the ICD and DSM diagnostic systems and clinician biases. Available research data supports the validity of ATPDs as a distinct clinical entity. There is also evidence that ATPDs are different from schizophrenias or BPAD on genetic, neuroimaging, neurophysiological, and immunological markers and require further studies.
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Mahadevan J, Sundaresh A, Rajkumar RP, Muthuramalingam A, Menon V, Negi VS, Sridhar MG. An exploratory study of immune markers in acute and transient psychosis. Asian J Psychiatr 2017; 25:219-223. [PMID: 28262155 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to look into the balance of pro-inflammatory (TNF-α, IL-6) and anti-inflammatory (TGF-β) cytokines and their association with stress, alterations in HPA axis activity and the disease severity in acute psychosis. Socio-demographic and clinical details were collected from 41 in-patients with a diagnosis of Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder. Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale for stress in the preceding year, and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale at baseline and follow up (4-12 weeks) for psychopathology were applied. IL-6, TNF-α (pro-inflammatory), TGF-β (anti-inflammatory) and Cortisol (morning and afternoon values) were measured at baseline and follow up. A total of 30 out of 41 cases recruited had follow up data available. The levels of IL-6 (p<0.001), TNF-α (p<0.001) and TGF-β (p<0.001) at baseline were all found to be significantly elevated compared to 42 age and gender matched healthy controls. There was a significant increase in the levels of TNF-α (p=0.020) and morning levels of cortisol (p=0.009) and a significant decrease in the levels of TGF-β (p=0.004) and afternoon levels of cortisol (p=0.043) from baseline to follow up. This study showed that there was an increased level of both pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines at baseline and a prolonged pro - inflammatory compared to anti - inflammatory response which warrants larger prospective studies and comparative studies to patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.
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- Jayant Mahadevan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College Hospital, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Department of Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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Sahoo S, Malhotra S, Basu D, Modi M. Auditory P300 event related potentials in acute and transient psychosis-Comparison with schizophrenia. Asian J Psychiatr 2016; 23:8-16. [PMID: 27969085 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Limited biological research data are available on acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) vis-à-vis schizophrenia. P300 event related potentials (ERP) have been extensively studied as an important neurophysiological parameter in schizophrenia. However, no P300 ERP studies comparing the two disorders are available. We compared auditory P300 ERP in patients remitted from ATPD with schizophrenia in remission and biologically unrelated healthy controls. METHODS In this case-control study design, 25 subjects remitted from ATPD were age-/gender-matched with healthy controls and patients with schizophrenia in remission. Clinical assessment and auditory P300 ERP (amplitude and latencies at central and parietal sites, reaction time) were recorded. The ERP parameters were compared across the three groups. RESULTS All three groups showed significant differences in P300 amplitudes and latencies at central and parietal sites. Schizophrenia group differed significantly (p<0.001) from the ATPD group in all the P300 parameters. The ATPD group was found to have lower Pz latency (p<0.05) and lower mean reaction time (p<0.001) as compared to healthy controls. CONCLUSION The results suggest that P300 could easily distinguish between ATPD and schizophrenia in remission, thus neurophysiologically differentiating the two disorders. Lower P300 latency and reaction time, which indicate hyper-arousability, distinguished ATPD from normal controls, with implications for a better understanding of ATPD.
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- Swapnajeet Sahoo
- Department of Psychiatry, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Farooq S, Rehman M, Naeem F. Pharmacological interventions for acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD). Hippokratia 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Saeed Farooq
- Staffordshire University & Black Country Social Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Centre for Ageing and Mental Health; Dunstall Road Wolverhampton UK WV6 0NZ
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- Queen's University; Department of Psychiatry; Kingston ON Canada
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Recurrent acute and transient psychotic disorder: A pilot study. Asian J Psychiatr 2015; 14:61-4. [PMID: 25801801 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) is associated with recurrent episodes of illness in 35-45% of cases. However, the course of such relapses and the factors associated with them are unclear. 20 patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of ATPD (F23.x) who had experienced at least two episodes of illness, and who had been followed up for at least one year, were interviewed and their case records were reviewed. Information pertaining to relapses, their frequency, and the factors associated with them were collected and analyzed. The mean episode frequency was 0.7 episodes per year. Relapse within two years of the first episode (p=0.001) and a later age at onset (p=0.016) were significantly associated with a higher frequency of episodes. Relapse rates were 30% after a second episode and 50% after a third; mean inter-episode intervals decreased with the number of episodes, but not significantly. Patients with a stress-related onset of ATPD tended to have further stress-related relapses. Diagnostic subtypes of ATPD tended to remain stable over time. Though acute and transient psychotic disorder is a recurrent condition, recurrences do not increase significantly over time, and there is no clear evidence for a shortening of the inter-episode period. A later onset of ATPD may be associated with greater illness severity. These results are preliminary and require replication in larger prospective samples.
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Jacob KS, Kallivayalil RA, Mallik AK, Gupta N, Trivedi JK, Gangadhar BN, Praveenlal K, Vahia V, Rao TSS. Diagnostic and statistical manual-5: Position paper of the Indian Psychiatric Society. Indian J Psychiatry 2013; 55:12-30. [PMID: 23441009 PMCID: PMC3574451 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.105500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 (DSM-5) has been an exhaustive and elaborate exercise involving the review of DSM-IV categories, identifying new evidence and ideas, field testing, and revising issues in order that it is based on the best available evidence. This report of the Task Force of the Indian Psychiatric Society examines the current draft of the DSM-5 and discusses the implications from an Indian perspective. It highlights the issues related to the use of universal categories applied across diverse cultures. It reiterates the evidence for mental disorders commonly seen in India. It emphasizes the need for caution when clinical categories useful to specialists are employed in the contexts of primary care and in community settings. While the DSM-5 is essentially for the membership of the American Psychiatric Association, its impact will be felt far beyond the boundaries of psychiatry and that of the United States of America. However, its atheoretical approach, despite its pretensions, pushes a purely biomedical agenda to the exclusion of other approaches to mental health and illness. Nevertheless, the DSM-5 should serve a gate-keeping function, which intends to set minimum standards. It is work in progress and will continue to evolve with the generation of new evidence. For the DSM-5 to be relevant and useful across the cultures and countries, it needs to be broad-based and consider social and cultural contexts, issues, and phenomena. The convergence and compatibility with International Classification of Diseases-11 is a worthy goal. While the phenomenal effort of the DSM-5 revision is commendable, psychiatry should continue to strive for a more holistic understanding of mental health, illness, and disease.
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- K. S. Jacob
- Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Trichur, Kerala, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Karfo K, Kiendrebeogo J, Yaogo A, Ouango J, Ouédraogo A. Les troubles psychotiques aigus et transitoires au Burkina Faso : aspects épidémiologiques et cliniques à propos de 188 cas. ANNALES MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amp.2010.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The contribution of Indian psychiatry to classification of mental disorders has been limited and restricted to acute and transient psychosis and to possession disorders. There is a need for leadership in research in order to match diagnosis and management strategies to the Indian context and culture.
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- K S Jacob
- Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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The increasing number of women joining psychiatry is a relatively new phenomenon in the field of medicine. Keeping with the trends world over, the number of women psychiatrists in India has been on the rise over the last two to three decades. The authors searched various volumes of the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, recent membership directories of the Indian Psychiatric Society, website of the Medical Council of India and personal communications for contributions of the women psychiatrists in India. Women psychiatrists have a number of contributions to their credit in India. They have played important roles in the affairs of national professional organizations like the Indian Psychiatric Society and have contributed to the psychiatry education and research. However, they also suffer limitations because of the absence of adequate institutional support and policies looking into their specific needs.
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- Mamta Sood
- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029, India
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Delirium, though quite often referred to psychiatrists for management, does not find many takers for analysis, research and publications. Acute in onset, multiplicity of etiology and manifestations, high risk of mortality delirium is very rewarding in proper management and outcome. Delirium has a limited agenda on teaching programs, research protocols and therapeutic strategies. There is a dearth of Indian studies both in international and national scientific literature. This annotation is based on a Medline search for "delirium India" on Pubmed, which resulted in 54 articles. A search in Indian Journal of Psychiatry for "delirium" resulted in 38 published articles, "delirium tremens" showed up only five articles. The articles are primarily from the Indian Journal of Psychiatry with cross reference to articles on Pubmed or Google search on Indian studies and a few international studies.
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- Charles Pinto
- Department of Psychiatry, BYL Nair Hospital and TN Medical College, Mumbai, India
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