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Schizophrenics with Delusions of Poisoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Varsamis ,
J. D. Adamson  and
W. F. Sigurdson
J. Varsamis
Affiliation:
Winnipeg Psychiatric Institute, and Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Bannatyne and Emily, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E OW3, Canada
J. D. Adamson
Affiliation:
Province of Manitoba, and Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
W. F. Sigurdson
Affiliation:
Winnipeg Psychiatric Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Extract

Delusions of poisoning often dominate the clinical picture in schizophrenia. In an earlier publication (6) we have suggested that these cases may be phenomenologically distinct from other schizophrenics. Patients who believed they were poisoned or gassed reported more somatic symptoms, headaches, decreased visual acuity and disturbances of taste and smell.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 565 , December 1972 , pp. 673 - 675
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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