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11/27/23, 3:41 AM Realizeit for Student Related Disorders Schizoaffective disorder was described earlier. Other disorders are related to but distinguished from schizophrenia in terms of presenting symptoms and the duration or magnitude of impairment. Mojtabai et al. (2017) identify: Schizophrenifo...

11/27/23, 3:41 AM Realizeit for Student Related Disorders Schizoaffective disorder was described earlier. Other disorders are related to but distinguished from schizophrenia in terms of presenting symptoms and the duration or magnitude of impairment. Mojtabai et al. (2017) identify: Schizophreniform disorder: The client exhibits an acute, reactive psychosis for less than the 6 months necessary to meet the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia. If symptoms persist over 6 months, the diagnosis is changed to schizophrenia. Social or occupational functioning may or may not be impaired. Catatonia: Catatonia is characterized by marked psychomotor disturbance, either excessive motor activity or virtual immobility and motionlessness. Motor immobility may include catalepsy (waxy flexibility) or stupor. Excessive motor activity is apparently purposeless and not influenced by external stimuli. Other behaviors include extreme negativism, mutism, peculiar movements, echolalia, or echopraxia. Catatonia can occur with schizophrenia, mood disorders, or other psychotic disorders. Delusional disorder: The client has one or more nonbizarre delusions—that is, the focus of the delusion is believable. The delusion may be persecutory, erotomanic, grandiose, jealous, or somatic in content. Psychosocial functioning is not markedly impaired, and behavior is not obviously odd or bizarre. Brief psychotic disorder: The client experiences the sudden onset of at least one psychotic symptom, such as delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior, which lasts from 1 day to 1 month. The episode may or may not have an identifiable stressor or may follow childbirth. Shared psychotic disorder (folie à deux): Two people share a similar delusion. The person with this diagnosis develops this delusion in the context of a close relationship with someone who has psychotic delusions, most commonly siblings, parent and child, or husband and wife. The more submissive or suggestible person may rapidly improve if separated from the dominant person. Schizotypal personality disorder: This involves odd, eccentric behaviors, including transient psychotic symptoms. Approximately 20% of persons with this personality disorder will eventually be diagnosed with schizophrenia. https://herzing.realizeithome.com/RealizeitApp/Student.aspx?Token=0Dn26kXyU%2f6F5gOCz4%2f2IVD5YOX6GjyN8BXsE5kBD64UN3Harx67qLkpTVXS1upt… 1/1