A practical approach to the management of psychoses.
The importance of differentiating between the organic and functional psychoses is stressed. The salient features of the different types of functional psychoses are discussed and the management of the psychoses is approached from biological, psychological and sociological angles at the same time. Corroboration of history by concerned relatives or friends is deemed indispensable.
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Unit III, Woodbridge Hospital, Jalan Woodbridge, Singapore.
D003158:Community Psychiatry; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy