Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the demographic, environmental, psychosocial and clinical characteristics in a group of patients with delusional disorder (DD).Methodology: Retrospective descriptive study of DD cases registered at Psychiatry and MentalHygiene Clinic of Cordoba according to DSM-IV/V criteria was conducted. We obtained asample of 261 DD patients who met the inclusion criteria. Data and variables collected weredivided into 4 groups: I. Socio-demographic and general data; II. DD risk factors (personal andfamily); III. DD clinical picture and diagnosis (presentation, symptoms, disability, use of healthcare resources, treatment, and evolution). Results: The proportion of males versus females wasof 1.12. Only 16.5% of patients could not read or write. At the first visit of the psychiatry clinic,56.3% of the patients were married and about half of them shared home. About 16.9% of patientshad a past history of alcohol consumption, and 2.3% consumed other drugs. The most frequentsubtype with the persecutory with 129 cases (49.4%). The mean delay in psychiatric attentionwas 43.21 months; the minimum value with 27 months was observed in the somatic subtype andthe maximum value with 70 months was observed in jealous subtype. Ideas of reference and ofpersecution were found in 83.9% and 82.0% respectively. Conclusions: It is necessary to conductfuture prospective studies to investigate the risk factors associated with the DD.
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