Poriomania
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| R68.8 | Other specified general symptoms |
| F44.1 | Dissociative fugue |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
The poriomania ( ancient Greek πορεία Poreia = "Travel"), also known as Dromomanie ( ancient Greek δρόμος dromos = "overflow") or Fugue called (French for "flight"), a impulse control disorder , the compulsive unmediated running away without understanding reason and without includes a tangible goal. In addition, it shows all the hallmarks of dissociative amnesia (ICD-10: F44.0).
Compulsive running away can occur as a result of neurosis , depression , delusion , schizophrenia and / or other mental disorders and in people with cognitive disabilities and age-related dementia . She comes sporadically already in children and adolescent in front of young people. The compulsive willingness to migrate / flee is particularly well known in people with Alzheimer's disease .
Jean-Martin Charcot , in his Leçons du mardi in 1888, described a 37-year-old postman who went through three episodes of wandering around Paris for hours, each with complete amnesia. Today it is believed that it was a non-convulsive status epilepticus with fugue status (poriomania).
The runaway is particularly dangerous when wandering around from traffic, hypothermia or falls. Most of those affected are unable to find their way home, and they can hardly explain their motives. Poriomania cannot simply be explained by wanderlust , curiosity or a thirst for adventure . Most runaways also suffer from fear and homesickness during their excursions and are barely able to turn back. The attempts to break out are repeated regularly, the corresponding trigger impulses often remain hidden for a long time.
See also
literature
- Poriomania . In: Stephan Dressler, Christoph Zink (editor): Pschyrembel, Dictionary Sexuality. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-016965-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alphabetical index for the ICD-10-WHO version 2019, volume 3. German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Cologne, 2019, p. 295
