Acute and transient psychotic disorders: precursors, epidemiology, course and outcome.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: ICD-10 has introduced the diagnostic group acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPDs; F23). AIMS: To validate the nosological distinctiveness of ICD-10 ATPDs by following up an inception cohort with first-episode psychosis. METHOD: All patients with first-episode psychosis identified in Nottingham between 1992 and 1994 and diagnosed using ICD-10 criteria were reassessed 3 years later. ATPD outcomes were compared with schizophrenia and affective psychosis. Multivariate analys...

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Authors: Singh, S; Burns, T; Amin, S; Jones, P; Harrison, G

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
• Volume: 185
• Issue: DEC.
• Pages: 452-459
• Publication date: 2004-12-01
• DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.6.452
• EISSN: 1472-1465
• ISSN: 0007-1250
• Language: English
• Keywords: Pedigree; Humans; Middle Aged; Adult; Psychotic Disorders; Adolescent; Aged; Life Change Events; Age of Onset; Multivariate Analysis; Prognosis