MONOSYMPTOMATIC HYPOCHONDRIACAL PSYCHOSIS AND PROLONGED SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

Authors
HUMPHREYS M BURNETT F
Citation
M. Humphreys et F. Burnett, MONOSYMPTOMATIC HYPOCHONDRIACAL PSYCHOSIS AND PROLONGED SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, Medicine, Science and the Law, 34(4), 1994, pp. 343-346
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Law,Pathology
Journal title
Medicine, Science and the Law → ACNP
ISSN journal
00258024
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
343 - 346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-8024(1994)34:4<343:MHPAPS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A man previously imprisoned for 11 years developed unremitting and tre atment-resistant monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis following a period in excess of 12 months in solitary confinement. We are unaware of any other reported incidences of this disorder arising in such cir cumstances.