Being on the edge: The psychopathology of the accelerated, agitated and anxious subject

Abstract

The accurate identification of accelerated, agitated and anxious states is of paramount relevance for the correct diagnosis and the selection of a suitable psychopharmacological treatment. Choosing antidepressants, antipsychotics and/or mood stabilizers is presently contingent to the identification of specific phenotypic profiles in anxiety disorders, mixed and manic episodes and/or delirium states. Today, the anamnesis and psychopathological examination are hindered by the vagueness of the conceptualization of these experiences in diagnostic textbooks. We propose a selective review of literature of how these have been conceptualised aiming at increasing the segregation of specific phenomenological profiles across these phenomena.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.