Is excessive opioid activity relevant to the korsakoff psychosis?

The Polyneuritic Psychosis (Korsakoff' Syndrome)

exploratory factor analysis of scl90-r symptoms relevant to psychosis.

objective: inconsistent results have been reported regarding the symptom dimensions relevant to psychosis in symptoms check list revised (scl90-r), i.e., “psychoticism” and “paranoid ideation”. therefore, some studies have suggested different factor structures for questions of these two dimensions, and proposed two newly defined dimensions of “schizotypal signs” and “schizophrenia nuclear sympt...

Exploratory Factor Analysis of SCL90-R Symptoms Relevant to Psychosis

OBJECTIVE Inconsistent results have been reported regarding the symptom dimensions relevant to psychosis in symptoms check list revised (SCL90-R), i.e., "psychoticism" and "paranoid ideation". Therefore, some studies have suggested different factor structures for questions of these two dimensions, and proposed two newly defined dimensions of "schizotypal signs" and "schizophrenia nuclear sympto...

Korsakoff syndrome

Martin Farlow MD, editor. Dr. Farlow of Indiana University School of Medicine receives research grant support from BristolMyersSquibb, Danone, Eisai, Elan, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Novartis, OctaPharma, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis and Sonexa; honorariums from Eisai, Forest Laboratories, Pfizer, and Novartis for speaking engagements; and fees from Accera, Astellas, Baxter, Bayer, DDB Remedy, Eisai, GE H...

Korsakoff Revisited

Currently the presence or absence of alcoholism seems to determine whether or not the diagnosis of Korsakoff Psychosis is made. Failure to recognize Korsakoff's original emphasis on the association of this syndrome with any medical or surgical condition, and loss of his descriptions of anxiety, depression, and mania as part of this syndrome, has led to a failure to recognize it. This paper revi...