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The Prevalence of Delusional Disorder in Prison

Anthony C. Tamburello, Joanna Bajgier and Rusty Reeves
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2015, 43 (1) 82-86;
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Dr. Tamburello is Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. Bajgier is a Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, and Dr. Reeves is Clinical Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ. Dr. Tamburello is Associate Director of Psychiatry and Dr. Reeves is Director of Psychiatry, University Correctional Health Care, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ.
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Joanna Bajgier
Dr. Tamburello is Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. Bajgier is a Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, and Dr. Reeves is Clinical Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ. Dr. Tamburello is Associate Director of Psychiatry and Dr. Reeves is Director of Psychiatry, University Correctional Health Care, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ.
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Dr. Tamburello is Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. Bajgier is a Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, and Dr. Reeves is Clinical Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ. Dr. Tamburello is Associate Director of Psychiatry and Dr. Reeves is Director of Psychiatry, University Correctional Health Care, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ.
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    Table 1

    Typology of Cases Identified as Probable Delusional Disorder

    TypeCases% of Cases% of Total Inmate Census*
    Persecutory3563.60.15
    Grandiose814.50.03
    Somatic23.60.01
    Erotomanic00.00.00
    Jealous00.00.00
    Mixed1018.20.04
    Total concurring cases55100.00.24
    • ↵* N = 23,045 (NJ DOC Inmate Census as of March 2012).

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    Formal Diagnoses Among Cases Identified as Probable Delusional Disorder

    Formal DSM-IV-TR DiagnosisCases% of Total
    Delusional disorder2138.2
    Schizophrenia, paranoid type814.5
    Psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified59.1
    History of delusional disorder35.5
    Rule out delusional disorder35.5
    Paranoid personality disorder35.5
    Personality disorder, not otherwise specified23.6
    Question of delusional disorder11.8
    Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type11.8
    Schizophrenia, residual type11.8
    Question of paranoid personality disorder11.8
    Antisocial personality disorder11.8
    History of psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified11.8
    Psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition11.8
    Personality change due to a general medical condition11.8
    Brief psychotic disorder11.8
    No diagnosis11.8
    Total55100.0
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