Onset and prodroma of psychosis: Descriptive study of a group of Egyptian patients

ABSTRACT

Forty schizophrenic patients were studied to know more about the onset of psychosis. The results revealed that some symptoms were found to be met frequently such as irritability and insomnia. Also 80% of patients noted the presence of reference. The insidious onset was found to be more common than the acute. The families report the presence of change of look, of vividness, of religious attitude and pattern of behaviour. Most of the sample noted that they can notice the onset more obviously if it rears again