Case Report
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 437-438
A Case Report on Clinical Presentation of Paraphrenia
Dr. Ashish Kumar Malik1, Dr. Vivek Srivastava2, Dr. Piyush Verma2, Dr. Asha Kumari3, Dr. Rajiv Gupta4, Dr. Deepika Dalal5
1Senior Resident, 2Post Graduate student, 4Head of Department; Department of Psychiatry, PGIMS, Rohtak
3Assistant Professor, 5Demonstrator; Department of Biochemistry, SHKM GMC, Nalhar, Haryana, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Asha Kumari
ABSTRACT
Paraphrenia, the term, is clinically used to describe the atypical, paranoid condition of elderly life, which is not due to any primary organic or affective illness. It is a schizophrenia-like disorder with onset similar to schizophrenia but with better preserved affect and rapport and with much less personality deterioration. Virtually, not much recognition has been given to paraphrenia, although it is a viable diagnostic entity and, there has been a lack of systematic research on the same. This is case report of a 70 years old male presented with auditory hallucinations and delusion of persecution, with other significant findings suggestive of a definitive diagnosis of paraphrenia.
Key words: Paraphrenia, Schizophrenia, Hallucinations, Delusion.
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