Symptoms and Etiological Attribution: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Outpatients with Psychosis and Their Relatives
Table 1
Patients’ symptom profile ().
Total and percentage of patients [ (%)] who have ever presented characteristic psychotic symptoms as listed in the SCID-I
Delusions
13 (19.7)1
Hallucinations
26 (39.4)1
Other psychotic symptoms
40 (60.6)1
Reference
61 (92.4)
Auditory
53 (80.3)
Catatonic behavior
18 (27.3)
Persecutory
53 (80.3)
Visual
38 (57.6)
Grossly disorganized behavior
25 (37.9)
Grandiose
38 (57.6)
Tactile
16 (24.2)
Inappropriate affect
19 (28.8)
Somatic
32 (48.5)
Other hallucinations
11 (16.7)
Inappropriate speech
26 (39.4)
Other delusions
45 (68.2)
Negative symptoms
47 (71.2)
Current symptomatology as assessed with the PANSS2 [mean (SD)]
Positive
1.51 (0.59)
PANSS items proposed as remission criteria3: 41 (62.1%) patients in remission
Negative
1.78 (0.84)
Delusions
2.02 (1.38)
Mannerisms/posturing
1.24 (0.84)
General
1.63 (0.49)
Unusual thought content
1.52 (0.93)
Blunted affect
1.82 (1.14)
Total
1.64 (0.53)
Hallucinatory behavior
1.44 (0.91)
Social withdrawal
2.27 (1.60)
Conceptual disorganization
1.64 (1.16)
Lack of spontaneity
1.55 (1.13)
Number and percentage of patients who had experienced many symptoms (≥3) of the category. 2Mean scores are reported between the ranges of 1 (absent) and 7 (severe). 3Simultaneous ratings of mild or less (≤3) on all required items.
