Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features
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Marked disorders of thought (delusions, hallucinations, or other thought disorder accompanied by disordered affect or behavior), and deterioration from a previous level of functioning. |
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not used for indexing CATALOG: do not use |
Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features Categories.
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Capgras Syndrome - A psychotic disorder characterized by the patient's belief that acquaintances or closely related persons have been replaced by doubles or imposters. |
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Paranoid Disorders - Chronic mental disorders in which there has been an insidious development of a permanent and unshakeable delusional system (persecutory delusions or delusions of jealousy), accompanied by preservation of clear and orderly thinking. Emotional responses and behavior are consistent with the delusional state. |
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Psychotic Disorders - Disorders in which there is a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing with delusions or prominent hallucinations. (From DSM-IV, 1994) |
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Schizophrenia - A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, hallucinations, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior. |
Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features Definitions and Terms
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