diagnosis : acute psychosis (presence of 1 or more positive symptoms in criteria A1-4 of schizophrenia) lasting from 1 day to 1 month ,...
- diagnosis: acute psychosis (presence of 1 or more positive symptoms in criteria A1-4 of schizophrenia) lasting from 1 day to 1 month, with eventual full return to premorbid level of functioning
- can occur after a stressful event or postpartum (see Postpartum Mood Disorders)
- treatment: secure environment, antipsychotics, anxiolytics
- prognosis: good, self-limiting, should return to pre-morbid function in about 1 month
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Schizophreniform Disorder
