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Class change in the personal illness hierarchy.

G A Foulds, A Bedford, K G Csapo

    The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
    |October 1, 1975
    PubMed
    Summary

    Psychiatric patients consistently followed a hierarchy of illness symptoms over one month, indicating that higher-level symptoms remit first or concurrently with lower-level ones. This challenges strict disease-entity models.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychiatry
    • Clinical Psychology

    Background:

    • The Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory (D.S.S.I.) is used to assess psychiatric illness.
    • Understanding symptom progression and remission is crucial for effective treatment.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the stability of the personal illness hierarchy model in psychiatric patients over a one-month period.
    • To examine the pattern of symptom remission in relation to the established hierarchy.

    Main Methods:

    • Sixty-eight psychiatric inpatients completed the D.S.S.I. upon admission and again after one month.
    • Analysis focused on adherence to the hierarchy of illness classes and patterns of symptom change.

    Main Results:

    • Over 91% of patients adhered to the personal illness hierarchy at both admission and one-month follow-up.
    • Of patients who could improve, 72% did so by moving down one hierarchy class.
    • Symptoms higher in the hierarchy appeared to remit before or simultaneously with lower-level symptoms.

    Conclusions:

    • The personal illness hierarchy model remains stable in psychiatric patients over one month.
    • Symptom remission follows a predictable pattern, with higher-level symptoms resolving first or together with lower-level ones.
    • Findings suggest limitations for strict disease-entity models and have implications for treatment and assessment strategies.

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