Elite Behavioral Medicine LLC
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    • About
      • Who We Are
      • Our Team
    • Services
      • Consultation
      • Telepsychiatry
      • Psychopharmacology
      • Genetic Testing
      • Psychotherapy
    • What We Treat
      • Anxiety Disorder
      • Depression
      • Psychosis
      • Schizophrenia
      • ADD & ADHD
      • Sleep Disorder
      • OCD
      • Bipolar
    • Contact us
      • Have Questions?
      • Helpful Websites & Links
      • Contact us
  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Our Team
  • Services
    • Consultation
    • Telepsychiatry
    • Psychopharmacology
    • Genetic Testing
    • Psychotherapy
  • What We Treat
    • Anxiety Disorder
    • Depression
    • Psychosis
    • Schizophrenia
    • ADD & ADHD
    • Sleep Disorder
    • OCD
    • Bipolar
  • Contact us
    • Have Questions?
    • Helpful Websites & Links
    • Contact us

What We Treat

SCHIZOPHRENIA

What is schizophrenia?

The causes of schizophrenia are multifactorial, ranging from idiopathic formulations, through biological correlates (genetic factors, monoamine hypothesis, neurodevelopmental abnormalities, environmental stressors), to mostly discounted hypotheses such as psychosocial, double-bind and expressed emotion (EE) theories.

What is the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia?

  1. >= 2 symptoms <= month or less      if treated:
        delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech (incoherence) and behavior,      negative symptoms (diminished emotional expression) OR 1 bizarre delusion      OR running commentary OR >= 2 voices in conversation
  2. Function (failure to achieve      expected interpersonal
        or academic achievement in children and adolescents, or significant      decline in work, interpersonal or self-care functioning in adults)
  3. 6-month duration (continuous)
  4. Mood symptoms, if present, are brief      relative to other symptoms
  5. Not secondary to substance or      medical condition
  6. If PDD, need hallucinations or      delusions

what do the individual, family or friends usually notice before the first psychotic episode, or in the so-called schizophrenia prodrome?

   

  • Social isolation and anxiety
  • Deterioration in role function (school)
  • Attenuated or brief psychotic      symptoms (illusions, overvalued ideas, suspiciousness)
  • Nonspecific symptoms (anxiety,      depression, irritability, apathy, withdrawal, lack of initiative and sleep      disturbances)
  • Estimated length of prodrome = 4      years
  • Prodromal patients have a 30-40%      risk of developing psychosis in ~ 2 years.

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