Remitting brief psychotic disorder in a 15-year-old male.
We present a case of remitting brief psychotic disorder in a 15 year old male, who had 4 phenomenologically alike episodes consisting of the following symptoms; sudden onset, unstructured delusions, hallucinations, clouding of consciousness, and a rapid return to his premorbid level of functioning. No evidence was found indicating a metabolic disease or a neurological disorder. The diagnostic criteria of brief psychotic disorder were fulfilled, although the clinical picture could not be described adequately by using only DSM-IV criteria. Remitting brief psychosis and the validity of different diagnostic systems are discussed.
Cak
Halime Tuna
HT
Hacettepe Universitesi T.P Fakültesi Cocuk Hastanesi Cocuk Ruh Sağliği ve Hastaliklari AD, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. tunacak@yahoo.com
Cengel Kültür
Sadriye Ebru
SE
Pehlivantürk
Berna
B
D000293:Adolescent; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D009626:Terminology as Topic