Term
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Definition
1. sudden onset of psychotic symptoms
2. lasting between 1 and 30 days
3. return to previous level of functioning
->specify with or without stressor |
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Term
| schizophreniform disorder |
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Definition
1. full criteria are met for schizophrenia for >1 month but <6months
2. does not require impairment in social or occupational functioning
3. can be 'provisional' diagnosis in someone who eventually is diagnosed with schizophrenia (60-80%)
4. good prognosis, rapid onset, confusion, good premorbid functioning, normal affect |
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Term
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Definition
1. one or more non-bizarre delusions that persist for a month or more
2. cannot be in someone who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia
3. hallucinations not prominent
4. psychosocial functioning not impaired
->types: erotomanic, grandiose, jealous, persecutory, somatic |
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Term
| risk factors for delusional disorder |
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Definition
1. increased age
2. sensory impairment
3. family history
4. social isolation
5. recent immigration |
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Term
| neurologic conditions associated with delusions |
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Definition
1. head trauma
2. encephalopathy
3. migraine
4. MS
5. temporal arteritis |
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Term
| metabolic/endocrine conditions associated with delusions |
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Definition
1. acute intermittent porphyria
2. vitamin deficiency - folate, thiamin, B12
3. electrolyte imbalance
4. PKU
5. thyroid disorders |
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Term
| sex chromosome disorders associated with delusions |
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Definition
klinefelter's
turner's syndrome |
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Term
| infections associated with delusions |
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Definition
1. AIDS
2. Cruetzfeld-Jacob
3. Malaria
4. Syphilis
5. Typhus |
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Term
| toxic agents associated with delusions |
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Definition
1. arsenic
2. carbon monoxide
3. manganese
4. mercury
5. thallium |
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Term
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Definition
1. chronic illness characterized by concurrent symptoms of schizophrenia as well as a major mood disorder
2. at least 2 weeks when delusions or hallucinations are present without prominent mood symptoms, but mood symptoms present for substantial portion of illness
3. high rates of mood disorders in family
4. negative symptoms less severe than schizophrenia
5. better prognosis if mood symptoms predominate |
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Term
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Definition
30% have hallucinations, usually visual
30-40% have delusional thinking, usually persecutory
can have delirium superimposed on dementia |
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Term
| psychosis in personality disorders |
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Definition
| may have transient psychotic symptoms lasting minutes to hours, especially in paranoid, schizotypal, and borderline personalities |
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Term
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Definition
1. delirium superimposed on withdrawal symptoms
2. often severe confusion
3. tactile and visual hallucinations are common
4. may have seizures (rum fits) |
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Term
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Definition
| fatigue, decreased cognitive functioning, confusion, may get delirium and psychosis |
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Term
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Definition
| get impairment in consciousness, often delirium with hallucinations (usually visual) |
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Term
|
Definition
| hyperthyroidism may cause mania with psychosis |
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Term
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Definition
| disturbance of consciousness, reduced ability to focus/sustain/shift attention, change in cognition or perceptual disturbance |
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Term
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Definition
-filling in gaps in memory with imaginary events
-often trying to please interviewer or hide memory loss |
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Term
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Definition
| misinterpretation of actual objects, commonly seen in delirium, substance abuse |
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Term
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Definition
| inability to understand sensory stimuli, impaired recognition of objects |
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Term
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Definition
seen commonly in elderly
severe psychomotor retardation, events don't register so appears to have poor memory, may actually have cognitive failure secondary to depression |
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