Ganser's Syndrome

Classification according to ICD-10
F44.8	Ganser's Syndrome
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The Ganser syndrome is a disease of the psychiatry , which respond to the mostly younger males wrong. It is also known as " pseudodebility " or " hysterical twilight state" and is one of a series of clinical images that are grouped together under the controversial term "pseudodementia". It was first described in 1897 by the German psychiatrist Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser and later named after him.

Symptoms and ailments

It is also typical to answer the simplest questions, such as 3 + 4 = 8 or the color of the sun = green . So the question is apparently understood since it is answered in the correct category , but consciously or unconsciously the patient answers incorrectly. Men of younger to middle age are particularly affected.

Consequences and complications

Those affected are considered “crazy” or “stupid” and treated accordingly. It can lead to academic, professional and social failure and thus to isolation .

Ganser's syndrome can be confused with other mental disorders , such as dementia .

causes

Originally it was assumed that it was a simulation of a mental illness in stressful situations (for example, as an expression of a prison psychosis ) therefore it was called an artificial disorder . Although the differentiation from simulation remains difficult in individual cases, Ganser's syndrome is nowadays viewed as a nosological entity or disorder. According to the two relevant classification systems ICD-10 and DSM IV , Ganser's syndrome falls under dissociative disorders.

Similar symptoms can also occur with organic brain diseases, for example after a stroke , or with brain tumors .

treatment

Treating Ganser's syndrome is usually difficult. There are attempts at behavior therapy .

Web links

http://www.psychosoziale-gesundheit.net/psychiatrie/ganser.html

Individual evidence

^ Artificial Disorders (June 14, 1996) . Retrieved January 30, 2014.
↑ According to ICD-10 F44.8, Ganser's syndrome falls under “Other dissociative disorders [conversion disorders]”; see: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. 10th revision. Version 2006. The DSM-IV-TR classifies Ganser's syndrome as a “dissociative disorder”; see: American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Text rev. Washington, DC. American Psychiatric Association, 2000.

[1] Artificial Disorders (June 14, 1996) . Retrieved January 30, 2014.

[2] According to ICD-10 F44.8, Ganser's syndrome falls under “Other dissociative disorders [conversion disorders]”; see: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. 10th revision. Version 2006. The DSM-IV-TR classifies Ganser's syndrome as a “dissociative disorder”; see: American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Text rev. Washington, DC. American Psychiatric Association, 2000.