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Psychotic Disorders

 Classification

Schizophrenia

• Your symptoms last longer than 6 months

Schizophreniform Disorder

• Lasts longer than 1 month, less than 6 months

Brief Psychotic Disorder

• Lasts longer than 1 day, less than 1 month

Schizoaffective Disorder

• Schizophrenia and mood disorder are seen together. Psychotic symptoms continue even in the absence of mood symptoms.

Delusional Disorder

• The leading symptom is delusions. Other diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia are not met. Its functionality is better than schizophrenia.

Shared Psychotic Disorder

• The development of the patient's psychotic symptoms after a long-term relationship with a person with another psychotic disorder.

Psychotic Disorder Due to General Medical Condition

• Right parietal lobe lesions

• Temporal lobe epilepsy - olfactory hallucinations, auditory hallucinations

Psychotic Disorder Caused by Substance Use

• NOT during delirium


Those who developed psychotic disorder after intoxication

• Alcohol

• Amphetamine

• Cannabis (marijuana)

• cocaine

• Hallucinogens

• Opiates

• Phencyclidine

• Anxiolytic

• Hypnotics


Those who develop psychotic disorder in their absence

• Alcohol

• Sedative

• hypnotic

• With anxiolytic

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