Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and Heredity

The development of the concept of cycloid psychoses goes back to the problem of “atypical psychoses” which arose from Kraepelin’s dichotomy of endogenous psychoses1. It concerned those forms of psychoses which could be assigned neither to dementia praecox nor to manic-depressive illness. One strateg...

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Main Authors: Burkhard Jabs, Gerald Stöber, Bruno Pfuhlmann
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Language:English
Published: Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca 2007-01-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.rcaap.pt/psilogos/article/view/6026
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description The development of the concept of cycloid psychoses goes back to the problem of “atypical psychoses” which arose from Kraepelin’s dichotomy of endogenous psychoses1. It concerned those forms of psychoses which could be assigned neither to dementia praecox nor to manic-depressive illness. One strategy for a solution of this problem was the broadening of the concept of schizophrenia as inaugurated by Bleuler (1911). Schizophrenia was then thought to include lots of clinical conditions with entirely different cross-section- al symptomatology, long-term course and outcome, thus considerably reducing the heuristic value of the diagnosis. Furthermore, reliable prognoses became impossible according to Bleuler’s concepts. Inevitably, the idea was generated that there might be a nosologically independent group of endogenous psychoses in addition to schizophrenias and manic-depressive illness. Based upon the previous work of Wernicke and Kleist, Leonhard (1999) further established the concept of cycloid psychoses. Rejecting nosological hybridisation, the independency of these psychoses was emphasized. Representing one of the three main groups in his subdivision of psychoses with “schizophreniform” symptomatology, Leonhard meticulously elaborated on precise clinical diagnostic criteria or cycloid psychoses. In the current diagnostic manuals, those psychoses spread over various diagnostic entities like bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, acute polymorphic psychotic disorder (ICD), brief psychotic disorder (DSM), or even schizophrenia, if 1st-rank symptoms are observed for more than one month.
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spelling doaj.art-d1a5745c748b4ddd8ba275e09e793dd42022-12-21T17:43:00ZengHospital Prof. Doutor Fernando FonsecaPsiLogos1646-091X2182-31462007-01-0141-24599Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and HeredityBurkhard Jabs0Gerald Stöber1Bruno Pfuhlmann2Department of Psychiatry, Julius-Maximilians-UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of WürzburgDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of WürzburgThe development of the concept of cycloid psychoses goes back to the problem of “atypical psychoses” which arose from Kraepelin’s dichotomy of endogenous psychoses1. It concerned those forms of psychoses which could be assigned neither to dementia praecox nor to manic-depressive illness. One strategy for a solution of this problem was the broadening of the concept of schizophrenia as inaugurated by Bleuler (1911). Schizophrenia was then thought to include lots of clinical conditions with entirely different cross-section- al symptomatology, long-term course and outcome, thus considerably reducing the heuristic value of the diagnosis. Furthermore, reliable prognoses became impossible according to Bleuler’s concepts. Inevitably, the idea was generated that there might be a nosologically independent group of endogenous psychoses in addition to schizophrenias and manic-depressive illness. Based upon the previous work of Wernicke and Kleist, Leonhard (1999) further established the concept of cycloid psychoses. Rejecting nosological hybridisation, the independency of these psychoses was emphasized. Representing one of the three main groups in his subdivision of psychoses with “schizophreniform” symptomatology, Leonhard meticulously elaborated on precise clinical diagnostic criteria or cycloid psychoses. In the current diagnostic manuals, those psychoses spread over various diagnostic entities like bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, acute polymorphic psychotic disorder (ICD), brief psychotic disorder (DSM), or even schizophrenia, if 1st-rank symptoms are observed for more than one month.https://revistas.rcaap.pt/psilogos/article/view/6026Cycloid PsychosisLeonhard NosologyOutcomeQuality of LifeFamily Study.
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Gerald Stöber
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Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and Heredity
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Cycloid Psychosis
Leonhard Nosology
Outcome
Quality of Life
Family Study.
title Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and Heredity
title_full Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and Heredity
title_fullStr Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and Heredity
title_full_unstemmed Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and Heredity
title_short Cycloid Psychoses: Clinical Symptomatology, Prognosis, and Heredity
title_sort cycloid psychoses clinical symptomatology prognosis and heredity
topic Cycloid Psychosis
Leonhard Nosology
Outcome
Quality of Life
Family Study.
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