A mental disorder with characteristic symptoms identical to schizophrenia, distinguished by the total duration of illness of at least 1 month but less than 6 months
Be wary of diagnostic overshadowing (e.g. erroneously attributing symptoms to psychiatric disorder when etiology is in fact organic)
Patients with serious mental illness have significantly higher rates of stroke, CAD, DM, cancer, HIV, HCV
Be wary of diagnostic overshadowing (e.g. erroneously attributing symptoms to psychiatric disorder when etiology is in fact organic)
Patients with serious mental illness have significantly higher rates of stroke, CAD, DM, cancer, HIV, HCV
Schizophreniform disorder
Acute psychosis
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Delusional disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder