Psychotic Disorders - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation.

29 Sep 2009 People experiencing sensory deprivation often report perceptual disturbances such as hallucinations, especially over extended periods of time. However, there is little evidence concerning short-term sensory deprivation and whether its effects differ ... Read more...

Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on clinical and quality of life improvement in patients hospitalized at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and to compare psychopathology ... Read more...

Psychosis as a risk factor for violence to others: a meta-analysis.

30 Aug 2009 The potential association between psychosis and violence to others has long been debated. Past research findings are mixed and appear to depend on numerous potential moderators. As such, the authors conducted a quantitative review (meta-analysis) of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychotic Disorders - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychosis as a risk factor for violence to others: a meta-analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Rumination and negative symptoms in schizophrenia. 30 Aug 2009
• Lack of association between neuropsychological performance and level of psychosis-proneness in an adolescent psychiatric sample. 30 Aug 2009
• Routes to psychotic symptoms: trauma, anxiety and psychosis-like experiences. 20 Aug 2009
• [Postictal psychosis] 12 Aug 2009
• [Early recognition and prevention of psychoses] 10 Aug 2009
• Why do young adults develop a passion for Internet activities? The associations among personality, revealing "true self" on the Internet, and passion for the Internet. 30 Jul 2009
• Analysis of the creation of 'emptiness', of 'nothingness', in certain types of psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Listening to Schreber: formulations derived from an analytic close reading of his memoirs. 30 Jul 2009
• Valproic acid-induced myopathy in a patient with schizoaffective disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Rhabdomyolysis following dose increase of clozapine and combination therapy with lithium. 30 Jul 2009
• Clinical staging: a new scenario for the treatment of psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• An evaluation of monitoring practices in patients on second generation antipsychotics. 30 Jul 2009
• Is schizoaffective disorder a useful diagnosis? 30 Jul 2009
• Neuropsychological abnormalities in schizophrenia and major mood disorders: similarities and differences. 30 Jul 2009
• Haloperidol plus promethazine for psychosis-induced aggression. 6 Jul 2009
• [Traumatic experiences in patients with psychosis: more arguments against the "bio-bio-bio Model"] 30 Jun 2009
• Risk of suicide and suicidal ideation in psychosis: results from an Italian multi-modal pilot program on early intervention in psychosis. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychotic Disorders'

Definition: Disorders in which there is a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing with delusions or prominent hallucinations. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D011618

Alternative terms: Psychotic Disorders; Disorder, Psychotic; Disorders, Psychotic; Psychotic Disorder; Psychoses; Schizoaffective Disorder; Disorder, Schizoaffective; Disorders, Schizoaffective; Schizoaffective Disorders; Schizophreniform Disorders; Disorder, Schizophreniform; Disorders, Schizophreniform; Schizophreniform Disorder; Psychosis, Brief Reactive; Brief Reactive Psychoses; Brief Reactive Psychosis; Psychoses, Brief Reactive; Reactive Psychoses, Brief; Reactive Psychosis, Brief;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.700.675;

Online Note: use PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS to search PSYCHOSES 1966-80

History Note: 81; was PSYCHOSES 1963-80

Technical Notes: puerperal psychoses = PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (IM) + PUERPERAL DISORDERS (IM); psychoses or psychotic disord in children = CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE