PSY240H1 Chapter Notes -Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Thought Disorder
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Psychosis: the inability to distinguish between real and unreal. At least one month of acute symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought and speech, disorganized behaviour, and negative symptoms and at least six months of some symptoms of disorder. Same symptoms as schizophrenia, lasting more than one month but less than six months. Symptoms of schizophrenia coinciding with symptoms of depression or mania, but at least a two-week period when only symptoms of schizophrenia present. Evidence only of non-bizarre delusions (ex. one is being followed/deceived_ of at least one month"s duration; function at relatively high level. Presence of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or behaviour for at least one day but less than one month. The individual in a close relationship with someone who is delusional with similar delusions (also known as folie a deux) Hallucinations or delusions caused by the direct physiological effects of a substance (such as cocaine) Also occur in other disorders like depression and bipolar disorder,
