title: Affective disorders and psychosis in youth.
abstract: The significance of psychosis has yet to be fully understood and research is complicated because psychosis is often a state rather than trait occurrence. In youth, psychoticlike phenomena are common. Rates of lifetime psychotic symptoms are higher than rates of psychosis during a current episode of mania or depression, at least in youth. Rates vary widely between studies. Hallucinations are also more common than delusions in youth. Psychotic phenomena can be mood congruent or incongruent. A good mental status examination requires close questioning. There are several interviews that structure how questions are asked, and rating scales that help anchor severity.
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Putnam Hall, South Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA. Electronic address: gabrielle.carlson@stonybrook.edu.
authors.forename: Gabrielle A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014705:Verbal Behavior
keywords: Bipolar psychosis; Depression; Mania; Mood congruent/incongruent