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Acute Psychosis
The symptomatological and diagnostic differentiation and outcome of acute psychosis were studied in 50 Egyptian patients using the Schedule of Clinical Assessment of Acute Psychotic States. The prevailing symptoms were delusions, worry, irritability, mood changes and disturbed behavior. Sixtyfour percent of the patients were symptom-free at one-year follow-up assessment. Various factors that affect clinical and social outcome were discussed.
The problem of diagnostic terms was also studied comparing SCAAPS terms with those of DSM-III-R and ICD-10. Using DSM-III-R the most frequent diagnosis was psychogenic or brief reactive psychosis.
However, the category of acute and transient polymorphic psychotic disorders with or without stress in ICD-10 encompassed those clinical syndromes in different cultures .
The symptomatological and diagnostic differentiation and outcome of acute psychosis were studied in 50 Egyptian patients using the Schedule of Clinical Assessment of Acute Psychotic States. The prevailing symptoms were delusions, worry, irritability, mood changes and disturbed behavior. Sixtyfour percent of the patients were symptom-free at one-year follow-up assessment. Various factors that affect clinical and social outcome were discussed.
The problem of diagnostic terms was also studied comparing SCAAPS terms with those of DSM-III-R and ICD-10. Using DSM-III-R the most frequent diagnosis was psychogenic or brief reactive psychosis.
However, the category of acute and transient polymorphic psychotic disorders with or without stress in ICD-10 encompassed those clinical syndromes in different cultures .
