Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Schizoaffective disorder
• is Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia plus Manic or depressive symptoms.
• Key is the finding of psychosis outside of mood episodes.
• Duration of 2 weeks needed for diagnosis.
Brief psychotic disorder.
• 1 day of symptoms needed for diagnosis
• Lasts less than 1 month.
• Key is the finding of psychosis/delusion + impaired social and occupational functioning
Delusional disorder.
• Symptoms present for at least 1 month.
• Key is the finding of psychosis/delusion w/o impaired social and occupational functioning
Schizophreniform Disorder
• Symptoms present for 1-6 months
• Key is to distinguish between the negative symptoms of Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia and the major mood disorder of Schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenia Disorder
• Symptoms present for at least 6 months
• Key is to distinguish between the negative symptoms of Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia and the major mood disorder of Schizoaffective disorder
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