A brief psychotic disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by sudden and temporary periods of psychotic behavior, such as delusions, hallucinations, and confusion. Symptoms can endure for ...

Psychotic disorders encompass a spectrum of conditions marked by disturbances in perception, thought and behaviour that impair reality testing. Historical frameworks began with Kraepelin’s distinction ...

This study examines the clinical settings of first-time psychotic spectrum disorder diagnoses in an integrated health system. In this diverse cohort of patients with first-time psychotic spectrum ...

—A long-term study, which followed patients for 25 years, found that individuals with schizophrenia and other psychoses were at higher risk of mild-to-moderate and severe impairment relative to adults ...

Research conducted by Hamner and colleagues (2000) indicates that between 30% and 40% of combat veterans suffering from ...

A study conducted in Sweden found that individuals with psychotic spectrum disorder were less accurate in recognizing the emotions of others compared to healthy controls. Moreover, among participants ...