Discussion Related To Schizophrenia
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I agree that before any diagnosis for schizophrenia is made the duration and symptoms of schizophrenia must have last for about six months or more. It is because the psychotic disorders vary and signs need to last for at least one month for an accurate diagnosis. More so, this disease needs to last longer than six months for one to diagnosed with the duration plays a significant role in accurate diagnosis since a schizoaffective disorder can be accompanied whether by major depressive episodes or manic episodes or even both of them. I agree with the fact that each disease usually manifests differently because some psychotic disorders can be as a result of either recreational drug use or only brain damage (Crider, 2020). With this factual information in place the difference between delusional disorder, schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder are due to the absence of key features associated with the active phase of schizophrenia.
Furthermore, I agree that people with the disorder often don’t suffer from impaired social and occupational functioning as compared with schizophrenia because of manifesting occasionally. I also second the call that the Health professionals need to be keen to come up with an accurate diagnosis of causal factors that is whether it is substance/medicine -induced psychotic disorder or if it’s arising from another medical condition. Accurate diagnosing of the causal factors is vital in designing the treatment plan that will be effective for the disorder. For instance, in substance/medication-induced psychotics disorder withdrawal of the agent leads to auto-correction of the condition while in psychotics disorder arising from another medical condition, treating the causal disease leads to a better outcome. I also agree that as much as the psychotic requirements vary the striking thing is that looking at the closeness of the similarity in manifestations, the treatments used for schizophrenia can also be used for other psychotic disorders such as schizoaffective disorder or schizophreniform.
References
Crider, A. (2020). Schizophrenia: A biopsychological perspective. Routledge.