Overview Attenuated psychosis syndrome, included for further study in the DSM-5, involves relatively mild psychotic-like symptoms, such as unusual beliefs or perceptual experiences, that fall below the threshold for a full psychotic disorder, with reality testing relatively preserved. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include mild delusional ideas, unusual perceptual experiences, or disorganized speech that are …
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Shared Psychotic Disorder (Folie à Deux)
Overview Shared psychotic disorder, also known as folie à deux, involves the transfer of delusional beliefs from an individual with an established psychotic disorder to another person who is closely associated with them, typically in a relationship marked by social isolation. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms in the affected secondary individual can include adopting the same …
Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder
Overview Substance-induced psychotic disorder involves prominent hallucinations or delusions that develop during or soon after substance intoxication or withdrawal, or after exposure to a medication, and are attributable to the substance’s physiological effects. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include hallucinations or delusions occurring in close temporal relationship to substance use, which typically improve as the …
Postpartum Psychosis
Overview Postpartum psychosis is a rare but serious condition involving sudden onset of psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, or severe confusion, typically within the first two to four weeks after childbirth. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include severe confusion, delusional beliefs (sometimes involving the baby), hallucinations, rapid mood swings, and significantly disorganized behavior. Experiencing …
Schizophreniform Disorder
Overview Schizophreniform disorder involves symptoms meeting criteria for schizophrenia, including delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech, with total episode duration of at least one month but less than six months. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized behavior, and reduced emotional expression. Experiencing one or more of these symptoms does not …
Catatonia
Overview Catatonia involves a cluster of psychomotor symptoms, such as stupor, mutism, rigidity, unusual posturing, or agitation, occurring in the context of another mental disorder, a medical condition, or without a clearly identified cause. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include marked decrease in reaction to the environment, unusual or rigid posturing, repetitive movements, mutism, and, …
Schizoaffective Disorder
Overview Schizoaffective disorder involves an uninterrupted period of illness during which a major mood episode occurs concurrently with symptoms meeting criteria for schizophrenia, along with delusions or hallucinations for two or more weeks in the absence of a major mood episode. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, and episodes of depressed …
Delusional Disorder
Overview Delusional disorder involves the presence of one or more delusions lasting a month or longer, without the prominent hallucinations, disorganized speech, or significant functional decline typically seen in schizophrenia. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms center on fixed, false beliefs that persist despite evidence to the contrary, while functioning outside the area affected by the delusion …
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Overview Brief psychotic disorder involves the sudden onset of at least one psychotic symptom, such as delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech, lasting at least one day but less than one month, with eventual full return to prior functioning. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and grossly disorganized behavior, often accompanied by …
Schizophrenia
Overview Schizophrenia is a chronic psychotic disorder that affects how a person thinks, perceives reality, and behaves. It typically involves periods of active symptoms along with changes in functioning that can persist over time. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms may include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech or thinking, and reduced motivation or emotional expression. Symptoms can vary …