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P0222 - Delusional beliefs among subjects with schizophrenia, their healthy relatives, and normal subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

V. Sharifi ,
N. Yaghoubpour Yekani ,
M. Mohammadi  and
H. Amini
V. Sharifi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
N. Yaghoubpour Yekani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
M. Mohammadi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
H. Amini
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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Background and Aims:

To investigate delusional beliefs and their dimensions (distress, preoccupation, conviction) across three groups, including patients with schizophrenia, their healthy family members, and normal subjects.

Methods:

Subjects were 25 patients with schizophrenia, 35 of their healthy first degree relatives, and 35 normal subjects. Frequency of delusional beliefs and their dimensions were assessed using Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (PDI-40). General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used to examine general mental health.

Results:

Frequency of delusional beliefs was higher in the patient group, compared with family group and normal subjects. Scores of all three dimensions of beliefs among the patients were significantly higher than the normal subjects but not more than their family members. In addition, conviction in the beliefs was significantly higher in the family members as compared to normal subjects.

Conclusions:

The existence of the delusional beliefs among the healthy family members of patients with schizophrenia and the higher conviction in these beliefs as compared to normal subjects is in keeping with the continuum notion of psychosis. Further investigations are needed to support the notion.

Type
Poster Session I: Schizophrenia and Psychosis
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue S2: 16th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 16th AEP Congress , April 2008 , pp. S146
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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