Acute Transient Psychotic Disorder
Journal Title: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
There are psychotic disorders characterized by an abrupt onset of symptom without previous psychiatric history. The episode in characterized by delusion, hallucination and depersonalization. The objective of this study is to define acute transient psychotic disorder, incidence, etiology, symptoms, diagnostic evaluation, treatment, medical management. The method and symptomatology applied in this study is to describe the etiology of acute transient psychotic disorder. The results of this study show that Master X 18 years male, presented with the history of abnormal behaviour, irregular talk, agitation, restlessness, fearfulness, decreased sleep pattern, loss of appetite, poor self care. It is concluded that it is a psychotic disorder, associated with events that would be distressing, include family members in providing an effective care to the patient and to develop support and explore the emotional experience of the client.
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S. Saradhadevi, V. Hemavathy
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