The impacts of hospital admission in very late‐onset schizophrenia‐like psychosis: A case report
Shigeki Katakami, Yuto Satake, Takashi Suehiro, Daiki Ishimaru, Erina Nakanishi, Hideki Kanemoto, Kenji Yoshiyama, Manabu Ikeda · 2024
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Shigeki Katakami and co-authors present a 2024 case report on psychosis that began very late in life. The patient was an eighty-seven-year-old woman who lived alone after being widowed. At eighty-four, during pandemic limits on contact, she developed paranoia, false beliefs about love, and visual hallucinations.
Tests at the hospital found a late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis with mild cognitive decline, but no dementia. Right after admission, her psychotic symptoms went quiet. She enjoyed company and therapy work on the ward. Her loneliness score improved from forty-four on arrival to thirty-five at discharge. She then moved to another hospital to prepare for long-term care. The authors link the recovery to relief from isolation.
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| CREATOR | Shigeki Katakami, Yuto Satake, Takashi Suehiro, Daiki Ishimaru, Erina Nakanishi, Hideki Kanemoto, Kenji Yoshiyama, Manabu Ikeda |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |