What is Brief Psychotic Disorder?

Contents

Brief Psychotic Disorder: Introduction
Types of Brief Psychotic Disorder
Other names for Brief Psychotic Disorder
What causes Brief Psychotic Disorder?
What are the symptoms of Brief Psychotic Disorder?
How is it treated?
Society issues for Brief Psychotic Disorder
Brief Psychotic Disorder: Introduction

What is Brief Psychotic Disorder?

A short-lived period of psychosis that lasts between one day and one month. In general the more rapid the onset is the shorter the ...more »

Brief Psychotic Disorder: Episodes of brief psychosis.

Brief Psychotic Disorder: Introduction

Types of Brief Psychotic Disorder:

Broader types of Brief Psychotic Disorder:

What causes Brief Psychotic Disorder?

Causes of Brief Psychotic Disorder: see causes of Brief Psychotic Disorder

What are the symptoms of Brief Psychotic Disorder?

Symptoms of Brief Psychotic Disorder: see symptoms of Brief Psychotic Disorder

Brief Psychotic Disorder: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Brief Psychotic Disorder.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Brief Psychotic Disorder.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Brief Psychotic Disorder: see treatments for Brief Psychotic Disorder
Research for Brief Psychotic Disorder: see research for Brief Psychotic Disorder

Society issues for Brief Psychotic Disorder

Hospitalization statistics for Brief Psychotic Disorder: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Brief Psychotic Disorder:

0.03% (3,331) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute and transient psychotic disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
91% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and transient psychotic disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
54% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and transient psychotic disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
46% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and transient psychotic disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
80% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and transient psychotic disorders required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
36 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute and transient psychotic disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
21 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for acute and transient psychotic disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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