How frequent are radiological abnormalities in patients with psychosis? A review of 1379 MRI scans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The term psychosis refers to a combination of symptoms, without pointing to the origin of these symptoms. In a subset of psychotic patients, symptoms are attributable to an organic disease. It is important to identify these organic causes of psychosis early, as urgent treatment of the primary disease may be required. Some of these underlying organic disorders can be identified on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Whether routine screening for all psychotic patients should therefore include MRI scans is still a matter of debate.

Methods

This study investigated the prevalence of clinically relevant abnormalities detected on MRI scans from psychotic patients and a matched control group. We could include MRI scans from 656 psychotic patients and 722 controls. Th

SUBMITTER: Sommer IE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3686442 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature