title: Remitting brief psychotic disorder in a 15-year-old male.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe Universitesi T.P Fakültesi Cocuk Hastanesi Cocuk Ruh Sağliği ve Hastaliklari AD, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. tunacak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Halime Tuna
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Cak
authors.forename: Sadriye Ebru
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cengel Kültür
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pehlivantürk
mesh_terms: 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