Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a case

Introduction Psychotic symptoms are not exclusive to schizophrenia, they can be due to paranoid development and can be treated differently. Objectives The objective of this paper is to study, from the following case, the effect of psychotherapeutic treatment in patients with paranoid development....

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Main Authors: C. Martín Villarroel, L. Carpio García, M. Sánchez Revuelta, J. Matsuura, G. Belmonte García, L. Santolaya López, E.F. Benavides Rivero
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-06-01
Series:European Psychiatry
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author C. Martín Villarroel
L. Carpio García
M. Sánchez Revuelta
J. Matsuura
G. Belmonte García
L. Santolaya López
E.F. Benavides Rivero
author_facet C. Martín Villarroel
L. Carpio García
M. Sánchez Revuelta
J. Matsuura
G. Belmonte García
L. Santolaya López
E.F. Benavides Rivero
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description Introduction Psychotic symptoms are not exclusive to schizophrenia, they can be due to paranoid development and can be treated differently. Objectives The objective of this paper is to study, from the following case, the effect of psychotherapeutic treatment in patients with paranoid development. Methods A bibliographic search was performed from different database (Pubmed, TripDatabase) about psychological intervention for the improvement of paranoid symptoms. 20-year-old man, born into a family with marital problems, without difficulties in psychomotor development, socialization or academic performance, who began with behavioral alterations from the age of 5 that he had begun to suffer abuse from his father, showing aggressiveness towards other children and progressively worsening over the years: consuming cannabis, isolating himself, listening to protective voices and distrusting of people, to whom he responded aggressively believing that they wanted to harm him. Results Initially, he was treated with antipsychotics that were later suspended when acute psychotic symptoms were ruled out, diagnosing a paranoid development secondary to trauma, for which he had felt fear and defenselessness, and had learned to be alert and respond aggressively to everything he considered threatening, showing anger that he did not know how to express. During therapy, abstinence to drugs was worked on, therapeutic link, mentalization-based therapy, emotions, narrative techniques, trauma and systemic family therapy. Conclusions To conclude, we need to pay attention to development of pathologies like this so as not to rush with antipsychotics, when it may be due to a development secondary to trauma that needs to be treated psychotherapeutically. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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spelling doaj.art-68c7b6802af54898b93cbec04ccfd8952023-11-17T05:09:03ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S790S79010.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2042Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a caseC. Martín Villarroel0L. Carpio García1M. Sánchez Revuelta2J. Matsuura3G. Belmonte García4L. Santolaya López5E.F. Benavides Rivero6Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo, Psiquiatría, Toledo, SpainComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo, Psiquiatría, Toledo, SpainComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo, Psiquiatría, Toledo, SpainComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo, Psiquiatría, Toledo, SpainComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo, Psiquiatría, Toledo, SpainComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo, Psiquiatría, Toledo, SpainComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo, Psiquiatría, Toledo, Spain Introduction Psychotic symptoms are not exclusive to schizophrenia, they can be due to paranoid development and can be treated differently. Objectives The objective of this paper is to study, from the following case, the effect of psychotherapeutic treatment in patients with paranoid development. Methods A bibliographic search was performed from different database (Pubmed, TripDatabase) about psychological intervention for the improvement of paranoid symptoms. 20-year-old man, born into a family with marital problems, without difficulties in psychomotor development, socialization or academic performance, who began with behavioral alterations from the age of 5 that he had begun to suffer abuse from his father, showing aggressiveness towards other children and progressively worsening over the years: consuming cannabis, isolating himself, listening to protective voices and distrusting of people, to whom he responded aggressively believing that they wanted to harm him. Results Initially, he was treated with antipsychotics that were later suspended when acute psychotic symptoms were ruled out, diagnosing a paranoid development secondary to trauma, for which he had felt fear and defenselessness, and had learned to be alert and respond aggressively to everything he considered threatening, showing anger that he did not know how to express. During therapy, abstinence to drugs was worked on, therapeutic link, mentalization-based therapy, emotions, narrative techniques, trauma and systemic family therapy. Conclusions To conclude, we need to pay attention to development of pathologies like this so as not to rush with antipsychotics, when it may be due to a development secondary to trauma that needs to be treated psychotherapeutically. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822020429/type/journal_articleTraumamentalization-based therapyPsychotherapypsychotic symptoms
spellingShingle C. Martín Villarroel
L. Carpio García
M. Sánchez Revuelta
J. Matsuura
G. Belmonte García
L. Santolaya López
E.F. Benavides Rivero
Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a case
European Psychiatry
Trauma
mentalization-based therapy
Psychotherapy
psychotic symptoms
title Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a case
title_full Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a case
title_fullStr Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a case
title_full_unstemmed Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a case
title_short Psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development. About a case
title_sort psychotherapeutic intervention for treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with paranoid development about a case
topic Trauma
mentalization-based therapy
Psychotherapy
psychotic symptoms
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822020429/type/journal_article
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