Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorders Flashcards
For at least 6 months, these patients have had two or more of these five types of psychotic symptom: delusions, disorganized speech, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and catatonia or other markedly abnormal behavior. Ruled out as causes of the psychotic symptoms are significant mood disorders, substance use, and general medical conditions
Schizophrenia
The specifier can be applied to disorders that include psychosis, mood disorders, autistic spectrum disorder,
and other medical conditions
Catatonia associated with another mental disorder (catatonia specifier)
This category is for patients who have the basic symptoms of schizophrenia but have been ill for only 1–6 months—less than the time specified for schizophrenia
Schizophreniform disorder
For at least 1 month, these patients have had basic schizophrenia symptoms; at the same time, they have prominent symptoms of mania or depression
Schizoaffective disorder
These patients will have had at least one of the basic psychotic symptoms for less than 1 month
Brief psychotic disorder
These patients have delusions, but not the other symptoms of schizophrenia
Delusional disorder
A variety of medical and neurological conditions can produce psychotic symptoms that may not meet criteria for any of the conditions above
Psychotic disorder due to another medical condition
Alcohol or other substances (intoxication or withdrawal) can cause psychotic symptoms that may not meet criteria for any of the conditions above
Substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder
Use one of these categories for patients with psychoses that don’t seem to fit any of the categories above
Other specified, or unspecified, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder
Use when a patient has symptoms of catatonia but there isn’t enough information to substantiate a more definitive diagnosis
Unspecified catatonia
