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definition..
DSM-IV defines acute (brief) psychotic disorder as
an illness lasting from 1 day to 1 month, with an
eventual return to the premorbid level of
functioning.
Presenting complaints
Patients might experience:
hallucinations, eg hearing voices when no one is
apprehension, confusion
perceptual disturbances.
Diagnostic features
Recent onset of:
hallucinations (false or imagined sensations, eg