PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

OFFERING AN UP-TO-DATE PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMPLEXITY OF MENTAL ILLNESS, PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS: USING CO-MORBIDITY DIAGNOSES TO ENHANCE TREATMENT PROVIDES UNIQUE INSIGHT BY PRESENTING SCHIZOPHRENIA AND PSYCHOSIS AS A CORMORBID DISORDERS. COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE FIVE COMORBIDITY SUBTYPES INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM DEFINITIONS OF THE COMORBIDITY SYNDROME (WITH DSM-5 CRITERIA) AND HOW TO INTERVIEW TO SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS FOR THE PSYCHOTIC DIAGNOSIS, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. THIS FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND REFERENCE IS A VALUABLE CLINICAL RESOURCE FOR PSYCHIATRISTS, NEUROLOGISTS, NEUROPSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND CLINICIANS IN TRAINING, AS WELL AS A USEFUL TOOL FOR EXAM REVIEW.

INTRODUCTION 2. PSYCHOTOGENESIS OVERVIEW 3. DIAGNOSIS: OCD/SCHIZO-OBSESSIVE 4. DIAGNOSIS: PANIC/PANIC PSYCHOSIS 5. DIAGNOSIS: SOCIAL ANXIETY/DELUSIONAL DISORDER 6. DIAGNOSIS: MELANCHOLIA/DELUSIONAL DEPRESSION 7. DIAGNOSIS: ATYPICAL DEPRESSION/MANIA 8. DIAGNOSIS: SUBSTANCE ABUSE PSYCHOSIS