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G M Simpson

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Dysmorphophobia: body dysmorphic disorder or delusional disorder, somatic subtype?

The DSM-III-R proposes to divide dysmorphophobia into two separate disorders: delusional disorder, somatic subtype and dysmorphic disorder. We believe that this distinction of delusional and nondelusional is impossible from a phenomenological point of view, and that dysmorphophobic beliefs are better classified as overvalued ideas. The concept of dysmorphophobia and its relationship to monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychoses and DSM-III-R categories is reviewed. A case report is described to support these arguments.

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A study of bedside screening procedures for cognitive deficits in chronic psychiatric inpatients.

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Trail Making Test, part B (TMT-B) were compared for screening cognitive deficits in a sample of 104 psychiatric inpatients at a long-term hospital. The TMT-B classified 84% of the patients as impaired. The classic MMSE cutoff score (< or = 23) using serial sevens and spelling classified 42% and 24% of the patients respectively, as impaired. The new MMSE cutoff classified 71% as impaired. Education, gender, and medication may influence impairment when using the MMSE classic cutoff scores. In TMT-B only, impairment was influenced by chronicity. The TMT-B was able to distinguish patients impaired in the MMSE. The TMT-B, therefore, may be more useful than the MMSE to screen for cognitive deficits in chronic psychiatric inpatients.

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