Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Chapter 5
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
2 topics
- 12Schizophrenia: epidemiology, etiological theories, clinical subtypes, course, outcome, and treatmentThe commonest primary psychotic disorder, which starts in young adults and distorts thinking, perception, motivation and the sense of self; how ICD-10 and ICD-11 define it and its subtypes, the theories of its cause, its course from prodrome to relapse, and its treatment with antipsychotics, clozapine, psychological therapy and care of physical health.
- 13Other psychotic disorders: schizotypal disorder, persistent delusional disorders, acute and transient psychotic disorders, and schizoaffective disorder. Clinical features, course, and treatmentThe psychotic disorders that sit beside schizophrenia in ICD-10's F2 block, schizotypal disorder, the persistent delusional disorders, the acute and transient psychotic disorders and schizoaffective disorder, with induced delusional disorder (folie à deux); how each is recognised and told apart, how ICD-11 and DSM-5 have regrouped them, and their course and treatment.