Naslov
Symptom- diagnostic dilema

Autori
Grahovac, Tanja ; Ružić, Klementina ; Pavešić-Radonja, Aristea ; Knez, Rajna ; Dadić-Hero, Elizabeta

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
European Psychiatry 26 (2011), Suppl. 1. / N.a. - Pariz : Elsevier, 2011, P03-32

Skup
19th European Congress of Psychiatry

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 12.03.2011. - 15.03.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
symptom; internal anxiety; schizoaffective disorder

Sažetak
Introduction: Symptom (from Greek symptoma “anything that has befallen one”) is an each new manifestation by which some disorder is expressed. For the physician, it is a guide to diagnosis itself, and for the patient it is a signal which warns of new conditions of the body and soul or of a disorder. Objectives: Mental disorders are most commonly presented by a group of symptoms, among which the patients often can't point out the leading one. Anxiety as a symptom can occur in a number of psychiatric entities and it can stimulate differential diagnostic dilemma in daily practice. We will show a 26-year female in which the internal anxiety is the main symptom. Aim: To underlined the importance of taking in to account a leading symptom of the disease in the way of establishing the correct diagnosis. Methods: The psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interviews were performed together with a clinical assessment of mental status and structured clinical interviews (SCID I and SCID II), EEG and psychological testing. Results/conclusion: Internal discomfort is a subjective feeling, respectively a symptom which the patient in this case continuously underlined, and which guided us (along with a comprehensive analysis) to a clear diagnosis. Following the choosing of an effective psycho- pharmacological combination, and with the goal of reducing a leading symptom, according to enlarged diagnostic process, we decided to diagnose the Schizoaffective disorders (F 25.2).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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