Utility of the CAT scan in a first psychotic episode.
The authors CAT-scanned 45 people admitted to the psychiatric ward of a large general hospital with a first episode of psychosis. Forty-two scans showed no evidence of intracranial pathology, and three scans showed positive findings that correlated with neuropsychiatric symptomatology. Ordering a head CAT scan in a first episode psychotic illness remains an option based on clinical judgment as opposed to routine protocol.
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Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
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