Brief Psychotic Disorder

Question: Why can brief psychotic disorder not last for longer than a month? What if the stressor itself lasts longer? than a month? What if the patient had psychosis for longer than a month spontaneously returned to normal functioning once the stressor was removed? Shouldn't the treatment be more like that for brief psychotic disorder, rather than schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder if the prognosis is different?

Answer: Because if it lasts for longer than the month, it counts as one of the other psychotic disorders. (Hence the term brief). Treatments vary based on client prognosis and eitology anyways, so yes, it should be different compaired to the onset and duration of the disorder.

Question: Untreated Brief Psychotic Disorder? I've been researching brief psychotic disorder (also called brief reactive psychosis). All the literature I'm finding says that it is over within 1-30 days of starting treatment. But what if it goes untreated? How long can it last if untreated?

Answer: I've had it three times. I found with each episode, I recovered faster. If it goes untreated (or if one doesn't take their medications) there is a possibility of a relapse if one succumbs to a trigger or comes under a lot of stress. It is not automatically a precursor to schizophrenia. It can be a disorder all on its own and not necessarily develop into schizophrenia. A person can have one episode and not again. It really depends. As you said it is characterized with pyschosis lasting from one day to not more than 30 days. Mine would last three or four days. I was guilty of not taking the medication and so part of the reason for relapses.The course of treatment is prescription of atypical anti-psychotics for a period of about one year or two years (depending if there is relapse) with gradual lowering of the dose of the medication. More info can be found here: http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/condition… and here: http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Bookl…

Question: I am looking for information about the creation of the diagnosis of Brief Psychotic Disorder in the DSM-IV.? Does anyone know of a website or book that has a lot of information about this-why it was created, why it can only last for a month, etc.? I am doing this for a project. Thank you!

Answer: here's a couple of acticles on the subject. hopefully you can just cut and past them. there are a lot more. try the library too and online databases like psycinfo. http://allpsych.com/disorders/psychotic/… http://web.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framin… http://www.schizophrenia.com/research/ps… http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3479.h…

Question: what type of disorder would this be? If a loved one died, and that person become severely depressed and was having trouble coping, and then started seeing their dead loved one( hallucination), but didn’t get treatment and continued living, believing that the dead person was still alive for around 5 months, then what would it be considered? A brief psychotic disorder? Ps - This person would be aged 20 to 29ish any help would be loved :D

Answer: I would consider it as normal behaviour of grieving. People have different ways of grieving and normality would have a sliding standard as from low to high. However should it commence to intrude in his/her life and/or it becomes permanent (you said it only lasted 5 months) then it is time to seek professional assistance

Question: can u be sent to mental assylum without ur permission if not then when? askin 4 generl knowledge? how can they be me Acute stress disorder | Adjustment disorder | Agoraphobia | alcohol and substance abuse | alcohol and substance dependence | Amnesia | Anxiety disorder | Anorexia nervosa | Antisocial personality disorder | Asperger syndrome | Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder | Autism | Autophagia | Avoidant personality disorder | Bereavement | Bibliomania | Binge eating disorder | Bipolar disorder | Body dysmorphic disorder | Borderline personality disorder | Brief psychotic disorder | Bulimia nervosa | Childhood disintegrative disorder | Circadian rhythm sleep disorder | Conduct disorder | Conversion disorder | Cyclothymia | Delirium | Delusional disorder | Dementia | Dependent personality disorder | Depersonalization disorder | Depression | Disorder of written expression | Dissociative fugue | Dissociative identity disorder | Down syndrome | Drapetomania | Dyspareunia | Dysthymic disorder | Erotomania | Encopresis | Enuresis | Exhibitionism | Expressive language disorde how can these be mental problems as for example: anxity ,gettin worried is natural thing every 1 gets worried ys that a problem , can some 1 explain to proplerly y each of these r mental problems u ppl r damn rude wot do u mean i could b sectioned no i wont to others i understand but to urself ummm that non of their bussiness mental asylum, that isss the real word call it wotever still means only this stormchaser did u say love for books fear of out door ect are mental probs n they can make u go to hospital for this? in london uk

Answer: Yes you can if you're a danger to yourself or others. What happened - did your medical dictionary have all the pages ripped out after it had got to the letter "E" !=

Question: what would be the diagnosis of Johnny Depp's character in the 1995 movie "Don Juan DeMarco?"? I'm doing a case-study for Abnormal psych. The movie makes it difficult to determine what is real and is'nt. Depressive Disorder NOS-Major Depressive Episode with severe psychotic features-Dillusions of Granduer, Suicidal.....OR......Dysthymic Disorder, MDD single episode and Brief Psychotic Disorder, Suicidal.....OR...your recommendations???

Answer: The character's primary symptom is that of delusions of grandeur - he seems not to have hallucinations, his thought processes are not disorganzied, and many other not's...so the movie does not really depict a realistic mental disorder. He does not seem dysthymic [no pleasure], nor does he seem depressed. Generally, it would be Delusional Disorder: widipedia has a section on this. "Delusional disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a psychotic mental illness that involves holding one or more non-bizarre delusions in the absence of any other significant psychopathology (signs or symptoms of mental illness). In particular a person with delusional disorder has never met any other criteria for schizophrenia and does not have any marked hallucinations, although tactile (touch) or olfactory (smell) hallucinations may be present if they are related to the theme of the delusion. A person with delusional disorder can be quite functional and does not tend to show any odd or bizarre behaviour except as a direct result of the delusional belief. It is worth noting that the term paranoia was previously used in psychiatry to denote what is now called 'delusional disorder'. The modern psychiatric use of the word paranoia is subtly different but now rarely refers to this specific diagnosis." Wikipedia

Question: Does major depression with psychotic features have to always have at least 5 symptoms of mdd when psychotic? features are present? For instance, if someone that usually has at least 5 symptoms went down to 3 symptoms for a brief period and there were still psychotic features present, would that still qualify as MDD with psychotic features, or would it be something else like schizoaffective disorder or schizophrenia? What if the depressed mood was always present? When someone has major depression for many years, do have at least 5 symptoms present every day to have major depression, or can they sometimes have less?

Answer: Which came first, the depression (MDD w/ psychotic) or the psychosis (Schizoaffective). While they may be exhibiting less symptoms during periods of active psychosis, it's possible that the other symptoms they were showing before are just being over shadowed. So yes, if they met full criteria for an MDD before exhibiting the psychotic symptoms, it would count. If you have had major depression for many years, but it hasn't met the criteria for major depressive disorder during that whole time, it's likely dysthimia (with possible recurring major depressive episodes superimposed on it).

Question: whats the difference? what the diff bewtween a brief psychotic disorder and psychosis?

Answer: A brief psychotic disorder/episode is very short lived. It might have just happened one time. A psychosis can linger on for a longer period of time. I hope you are doing OK. Best Wishes.

Question: Diagnosis Question? Can someone be diagnosed with Schizotypal Personality Disorder after being diagnosed with having a Brief Psychotic Disorder? I need to know by DSM Criterion whether this is possible

Answer: It is possible. A brief psychotic disorder is an Axis I disorder, and is diagnosed as schizophrenia that lasts under one month whereas schizotypical personality disorder is just as it says, a personality disorder, an underlying condition that has less severe and different effects than schizophrenia. It's categorized as an Axis II disorder. So it's very possible, and even likely that they would be diagnosed together.

Question: Hi, I'm writing an essay...any comments/suggestions/feedback? The requirement is a well-crafted written statement that describes in some detail his or her individual academic goals, as well as his or her reasons for applying to the Foundation for an educational grant. This is what I have written so far: My academic goal for college is not only to get good grades, but to learn and gain experiences that will prepare me for the future. It is something I will have to work and study hard to achieve, but I will succeed with enough determination. By becoming involved on campus, I hope to make a difference in something I do. I hope to pursue a career as a pharmacist. I plan to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for two years and then transfer over to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for another four years. I want to help many people both as a pharmacist and as a person. When I was born I was pre-mature. I was but 28 months and weighted about 2 pounds. When I was 10 I was diagnose with Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome, and recently this year I was admitted in Moses Cone Behavioral Health due to Brief Psychotic Disorder. All throughout my life I have had health issues and have caused my parents great concern and worry because of me. I want to do something for my parents so that they are less burdened. They have had to carry a heavy load raising me, and I want do something to return the favor. This is why I am applying to the foundation for an educational grant. It's for a scholarship, and I don't know else to include. Thanks for your help.

Answer: My academic goals for college are not only to get good grades, but to learn and gain experiences that will prepare me for the future and all that it holds. It is something I will have to work and study hard to achieve, but I will succeed with enough determination and persistence. By becoming involved on campus, I hope to make a difference in the things that I do. I hope to pursue a career as a pharmacist in the future. I plan to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for two years, and then I would like to transfer over to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for another four years. I want to help as many people as possible, both as a pharmacist and as a person. When I was born I was pre-mature. I was only 28 weeks, and I weighed about 2 pounds. When I was 10, I was diagnose with Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome, and recently this year, I was admitted in Moses Cone Behavioral Health due to Brief Psychotic Disorder. All throughout my life, I have had health issues and have caused my parents great concern and worry. I want to do something for my parents so that they feel less burdened. They have had to carry a heavy load raising me, and I want do something to return the favor, to show them how much I appreicate all that they have done to ensure that I have the best care possible. This is why I am applying to the foundation for an educational grant. Hey!!! this is a really good essay. I copied and pasted it here just to add a few things and fix a couple grammar/spelling errors. Other than that, its really amazing! sounds good to me! good luck!