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Abnormal preoccupation

MedGen UID:
1054133
•Concept ID:
CN378241
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Finding
HPO: HP:0025785

Definition

Preoccupations refers to being absorbed in any particular thought, activity, or concern that captures the attention of the individual. It may have a positive or negative connotation. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Fixated Threat Assessment Centers: preventing harm and facilitating care in public figure threat cases and those thought to be at risk of lone-actor grievance-fueled violence.
Barry-Walsh J, James DV, Mullen PE
CNS Spectr 2020 Oct;25(5):630-637. Epub 2020 Apr 7 doi: 10.1017/S1092852920000152. PMID: 32252850
Family-based behavioural management of childhood obesity: service evaluation of a group programme run in a community setting in the United Kingdom.
Murdoch M, Payne N, Samani-Radia D, Rosen-Webb J, Walker L, Howe M, Lewis P
Eur J Clin Nutr 2011 Jun;65(6):764-7. Epub 2011 Mar 23 doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.23. PMID: 21427740
Psychosocial morbidity and adjustment to illness among long-term cancer survivors. A six-year follow-up study.
Grassi L, Rosti G
Psychosomatics 1996 Nov-Dec;37(6):523-32. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(96)71516-5. PMID: 8942203

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Etiology

Boys who became offenders. A follow-up study of 2203 boys tested with projective methods.
Lie N
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 1988;342:1-122. PMID: 3044011

Diagnosis

Body dysmorphic disorder in patients with an eating disorder: prevalence and characteristics.
Dingemans AE, van Rood YR, de Groot I, van Furth EF
Int J Eat Disord 2012 May;45(4):562-9. Epub 2012 Jan 23 doi: 10.1002/eat.20972. PMID: 22271456
"Gourmand syndrome" in a child with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.
Kurian M, Schmitt-Mechelke T, Korff C, Delavelle J, Landis T, Seeck M
Epilepsy Behav 2008 Aug;13(2):413-5. Epub 2008 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.004. PMID: 18502182

Therapy

"Gourmand syndrome" in a child with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.
Kurian M, Schmitt-Mechelke T, Korff C, Delavelle J, Landis T, Seeck M
Epilepsy Behav 2008 Aug;13(2):413-5. Epub 2008 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.004. PMID: 18502182

Prognosis

Boys who became offenders. A follow-up study of 2203 boys tested with projective methods.
Lie N
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 1988;342:1-122. PMID: 3044011

Clinical prediction guides

"Gourmand syndrome" in a child with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.
Kurian M, Schmitt-Mechelke T, Korff C, Delavelle J, Landis T, Seeck M
Epilepsy Behav 2008 Aug;13(2):413-5. Epub 2008 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.004. PMID: 18502182
Boys who became offenders. A follow-up study of 2203 boys tested with projective methods.
Lie N
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 1988;342:1-122. PMID: 3044011

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