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Differentiation of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent case
Abstract
Dissociative psychosis is a condition that usually occurs after a trauma when psychotic and dissociative symptoms occur together. In this process, disorganized behaviors increase, insight is lost, and hallucinations become worse. It usually results in sudden improvement over a period of several days to several weeks, and most patients remain amnesic into the dissociative psychosis phase. A sixteen-year-old female adolescent was brought in with severe manic and psychotic complaints that started suddenly a week ago. In the mental status examination, disorganized associations, thought content, and auditory and somatic hallucinations were particularly striking. During the hospitalization process, passivity, delusional delusions of misidentification, and disorganized speech and behavior were also observed. The adolescent, whose complaints regressed in the fourth week, was amnesic during the episode. This study aims to present the differential diagnosis and treatment process of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent female.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Psychiatry
Journal Section
Case Report
Early Pub Date
October 10, 2024
Publication Date
April 1, 2025
Submission Date
July 17, 2024
Acceptance Date
October 7, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 18 Number: 2
APA
Çankaya, A., & Tufan, A. E. (2025). Differentiation of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent case. Pamukkale Medical Journal, 18(2), 454-458. https://doi.org/10.31362/patd.1517473
AMA
1.Çankaya A, Tufan AE. Differentiation of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent case. Pam Med J. 2025;18(2):454-458. doi:10.31362/patd.1517473
Chicago
Çankaya, Asya, and Ali Evren Tufan. 2025. “Differentiation of Dissociative Psychosis, Delirious Mania, and Unspecified Dissociative Disorder in an Adolescent Case”. Pamukkale Medical Journal 18 (2): 454-58. https://doi.org/10.31362/patd.1517473.
EndNote
Çankaya A, Tufan AE (April 1, 2025) Differentiation of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent case. Pamukkale Medical Journal 18 2 454–458.
IEEE
[1]A. Çankaya and A. E. Tufan, “Differentiation of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent case”, Pam Med J, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 454–458, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.31362/patd.1517473.
ISNAD
Çankaya, Asya - Tufan, Ali Evren. “Differentiation of Dissociative Psychosis, Delirious Mania, and Unspecified Dissociative Disorder in an Adolescent Case”. Pamukkale Medical Journal 18/2 (April 1, 2025): 454-458. https://doi.org/10.31362/patd.1517473.
JAMA
1.Çankaya A, Tufan AE. Differentiation of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent case. Pam Med J. 2025;18:454–458.
MLA
Çankaya, Asya, and Ali Evren Tufan. “Differentiation of Dissociative Psychosis, Delirious Mania, and Unspecified Dissociative Disorder in an Adolescent Case”. Pamukkale Medical Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, Apr. 2025, pp. 454-8, doi:10.31362/patd.1517473.
Vancouver
1.Asya Çankaya, Ali Evren Tufan. Differentiation of dissociative psychosis, delirious mania, and unspecified dissociative disorder in an adolescent case. Pam Med J. 2025 Apr. 1;18(2):454-8. doi:10.31362/patd.1517473
