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| Year : 1993 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 111-113 |
Psychosis not Otherwise Specified - Change of Diagnosis at Five Year Follow -up
V Sivakumar1, R Chanrasekaran2
1 Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, J1PMER, Pondicherry - 605 006, India
2 Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, J1PMER, Pondicherry - 605 006, India
Correspondence Address:
V Sivakumar
Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, J1PMER, Pondicherry - 605 006
India
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PMID: 21743614 
A five-year follow-up study of 38 patients with 'psychosis not otherwise specified' revealed that diagnostic change occurred in 34.2% of the patients. 15.8% of the patients developed schizophrenia and 18.4% developed affective disorders. The initial diagnosis was retained in 65.8% of the patients. The onset of the illness was acute in patients from rural background and this is statistically significant. 42% of the patients presented only catatonic signs, of which nearly 70% showed full recovery.
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